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Old 12-20-2007 | 10:18 AM
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Default RE: thoughts on the nexstar


ORIGINAL: Sourkraut

I learnt to fly on my NexSTAR and it did a wonderful job. I trained with the speedbrakes and wingcuffs on but the AFS off. After 2 weeks I removed the speedbrakes and 2 after that the cuffs came off. I have since converted it to a taildragger and removed the dihedryl from the wings. I fly 20 differant airplanes but I still find this one a relaxing flier especially with the mods done. The pic shows my NexSTAR as a dragger with the dihedryl still in. When I removed the dihedryl the plane rolls and flies inverted way better and handles wind a lot better also.

How did you remove the dihedryl? I just bent the rod in the wing and added 1/16 bass wood to the top part of the wing joiner. and yes it flys inverted much better and rolls instead of a corkscrew. I also added flaps.

Whats the benifits of being a taildragger? just preference?

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