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Old 12-03-2007 | 12:02 AM
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Default RE: Nitro models pusher Bobcat?

opjose,

I should clarify that this video was done when I completed the review of the kit. You can find it by following the rating link at the top of page .

In this video the Tower .75 was not fully broken in, this was the 3rd or 4th tank through the engine and I was using a 12x6 zinger prop. The 12x6 I believe is actually faster than what I am flying now 11x7 apc and using a pitts muffler, although the 12x6 does not reach the high rpms like the 11x7.

That landing was actually a fluke, I think it was the 2nd time I landed the plane, in other words I got lucky. It was actually a bad landing because I dropped the plane like you noted.

The way I land this plane now is by turning final and bringing the throttle down to about 1/3 to 1/4 and establish a glide slope, when I reach the end of the field I let the nose come up and add a little throttle to keep it from stalling, as I come onto the field I begin reducing throttle while keeping my forward momentum up until the mains touch down. Note: this is the way I do it now with spoilerons and no elevator compensation, before I had to point the nose down and bring it in hot and try to pull the nose up in perfect timing so the plane will not bounce.