ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I flew my ripper today for the maiden. The first flight had way,way too much up elevator programmed into the plane , altho I eyeballed it and it looked pretty level before take-off. A fellow club member hand launched it for me and the thing went almost straight up!! I had to hold quite a bit of down in it to fly , made one or two short laps, and brought her in pretty as you please. I dialed out about 5 or 6 full rounds on the elevator clevis and fueled her up again and away I went for try number two. This flight was dead on perfect!!!!!! The little magnum 15 was tacking 17,600 with the 8x3 combat prop and actually moved the plane out pretty well. I still have my 2 oz tank on the plane so about 4 and 1/2 minutes is about it. I noticed on the hayes 3 oz tank that the clunk does not sit to the bottom of the tank, even after I installed a more flexable piece of fuel line to the clunk. It stays pretty much level with the nipple that its attached to. Any suggestions on how to remedy that so the clunk will reach the bottom of the tank? That piece of fuel tubing is no more than an inch or so long, btw.
I plan on going back tomorrow and burning up the sky with the ripper, It was a blast to fly that thing today!!! Thank everyone (especially Kirk and Mike) for their support and help. I would shake you hands if I coud reach you, LOL
John