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Old 05-26-2003 | 01:07 AM
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firefox144
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Default Off She Went

Well anyway,
Three of the members checked all the control throws and found that there was way too much travel. So with my Handy Futaba 6xas computer radio, that was quickly remedied. Next was the Radio check, Balance, hardware check, then the green light was given to fire her up.
He took the plane for a little taxi up and down the field and after the third round, up she went. And boy did it go up. Everyone at the field watched and commented on how great its tracking. A few high speed flybys, a loop and some inverted flight then it was time to land as he felt it was running a little rich. It was comming in with a nice approach and at about 8 feet above the field, the engine quits while my heart stops. But not to fear, he greased a perfect landing with no stall. He gave the controller back and said he only put a little left trim on the ailrons. no other changes need to be made to the plane. He also mentioned that he was only flying on half throttle.
Oh what a feeling to see your creation take off.
Now it will hang in my ceiling until I can get a little more stick time on the cheaper planes.
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