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Old 03-03-2007 | 08:37 PM
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From: SeoulSeoul, SOUTH KOREA
Default RE: GP GEE BEE

GP GEE BEE w/Robarts OS FS120 non-pump...

It's a nice, pretty plane and I had one about a year back. I had a few flights on it but our field has this rather annoying crosswinds 70% of the time. It's not impossible to land it under these conditions but it isn't all that easy because the Gee Bee has a strong tendency to turn it's nose into the direction of the wind. A bit of rudder/airleron work during landings can fix that up to a certain point but doing that brings the Gee Bee closer to the point of stalling.
I strongly suggest owners of these Gee Bee's to fly it at a nice field, preferably an asphalt strip with stable winds.
Taxiing, taking off and landing in crosswinds I strongly object.
There was this one time I was taxiing around to take off and a strong crosswind turned the Gee Bee towards the side where another plane was and POP POP POP... There went his rudder, victim to the 120's 15 x 8 prop. The rudder on the Gee Bee is quite ineffective at slow, taxiing speeds.
Overall, once you get it into the air it's rather easy going. You'll find that you lose those maiden jitters rather quickly as soon as it's up in the air. It's the landings. Come in too slow, you'll stall and it'll litterally drop, come in too fast, you'll bounce it right back up into the air. It's really weird...
It doesn't want to slow down either. I had to drag it in at about a quarter throttle 5 feet from the ground then just let it slow to land itself as I reduced to an 1/8 to idle.
It's fun but and challenging and fast.

I sold mine to another fellow before it lost it's luster. He crashed it though... Maybe I shoulda kept it...