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Old 06-28-2007 | 07:14 AM
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Default RE: First Nitro Plane. Help me decide!

My third plane was a Four Star 40 with an OS 50 on board. My maiden flight was done by one of the club pros. He took it up, adjusted trim for straight and level flight, then "put the pedal to the metal" and took it vertical. On the way up, he did about 10 aileron rolls, then got to altitude and did the same thing coming down. Then, he leveled it out, and headed right to left across the field doing very fast aileron rolls, then did some fast loops. He then took it around and landed it like a trainer right in front of me and said, "This thing flys great, however, you might wish to remove some of that roll rate". Ha.. so I did, I actually set it up for dual rates and flew it on low rates for a while until I got used to it.

Very fine flyer, and the landings were so smooth, it was scary!!!

You will enjoy the Four Star.

DS.