Deathtrap, don't mess with the main gear, one or two firm landings and they will be spread out. Forgot to tell you, keep a supply of props on hand. I had an O. S. 52 four stroke in mine and I used the APC 12.25x 3.75 props. They pulled like a tractor and you could slow the plane down nicely. After two landings, they were usually down to 11.5 x 3.75 and some smaller. I think four is the most I broke in one day. The landing gear is mushy to say the least. Anything other than greasing it in and the prop would kiss the runway. OH yes, the plane is somewhat top heavy and it wants to tip over on a sharp turn and it also doesn't like a side wind when taxing. More than once, it ended up on its back when a gust (less than 10mph) got under the wing and flipped it. Limit the nose wheel movement to about 10 degrees. It doesn't look like much, but it is really all you need. Our runway is about 50 ft wide, and you can do figure eights in the width of the runway with that little travel.

Another thing is to make sure the rudder and nose wheel are pointed in the same direction. Engine not running, radio on and neutral sticks, push the plane on the tarmac. It should roll straight. Watch for a bit of cross wind when doing this so it skew the taxi a bit. If you havent done it yet, I would put a Dubro nose gear on before you fly the first time. With the stock gear, the wheel set to one side, and almost every landing twisted the nose wheel in relation to the rudder. Once I went to the Dubro nose gear, I never had to play with it again. Once you find the right location for the stearing horn, grind a small flat under the set screw. It helps keep things from moving.

My grandson is four. Last year his dad came in and found him on the PC. His dad had put a password on it to keep him from playing with it and he hacked his way in. Mike asked him if it didn't ask for a password and he said yes, but he didn't know what it was so he said no. Windows 98 network really doesn't want a password, to bring up the system even though it ask for one. It didn't take the kid long to figure that out. My instructor was telling me today that he managed to get one of his grandkids to solo in just a couple hours of training. I've been at it for over six months now and I'm "almost" there. These kids today!

Don