R/C Foolish

Congratulations on your maiden... and enjoy many more flights . This is one of my favorite planes to fly. It was the only one I would bring to the field from early spring to last week when I lost a prop. I experimented with the CG, installed a smoke unit and flew in different weather conditions.

When the plane was set up nose heavy it would track down the runway with little rudder input. Almost point and go. It would bounce every once in a while if I did not pay attention on landing. In the air it was smooth and scale with some acrobatic ability.

After installing smoke and moving the CG back by 3/8", the plane was far more acrobatic. It seemed like it landed better... no bounce and effortless. Takeoffs were like flying a Piper Cub... I needed to slowly throttle up and steer it down the length of the runway before pulling up. Very scale but I know the plane could be in the air in less than 30 feet if I pushed it. It took a little time to adjust to that. If I forgot the plane would remind me by fishtailing across the runway before lifting off. It would attract a lot of attention from people in the pits, enough to shame me into doing it correctly. A little smoke and they would forget the sloppy take off.

Lou55, Thanks for the link. The BCMA looks like it will fit better than the Fuji and is less expensive. I'm still going to try the home-lites but if they do not perform as well as I want a BCMA will have to be ordered.