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Old 04-13-2003 | 11:43 PM
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Default Help me choosing a model please!

K I flew mine today. I have a 91 Magnum 4-stroke in it. WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW. I pointed it into the wind and slowly fed in throttle. It jumped off the ground a 1/4 throttle! However, I will tell you right now that it was extremly tail heavy. I was very surprised because I have that big engine up front, but it is tail heavy non the less. If you get this, buy nose weight with it. I think that I used up all my luck for this year flying that today and getting it back in one piece. DO NOT FLY IT TAIL HEAVY. Scariest thing. A club member saw the trouble I was having practicing approaches and offered his help. I handed him the controller, and in 5 seconds he almost crashed it, so I yanked it back. It won't slow down, so the only way I got it down was when the engine quit. But from what I could tell, the ailerons are extremly sensitve, and will be very aerobatic. Same with the elevators. The rudder however needed significant movement to take the crosswind (about 10 MPH I think). I flew around at a few clicks above idle. Not even joking. I think it's a great plane, and once I add some nose weight I am very excited to get it up again. Will have to re-prop it though so I can slow it down. I'd recommend it, and it's fairly priced. Good luck and if you need anything else feel free to ask.

Alex