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Old 03-29-2002 | 11:06 PM
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Crash_N_Burn
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From: d, AL,
Default GP Spacewalker ARF

Sorry I can't answer your question ChinookPilot, but maybe this bump will snag a knowledgeable guy for you...

....I'm also considering the Spacewalker with a YS 91 for my next plane....My wife said she liked it, which is a license-to-buy where I come from......but.....

....Read a few posts somewhere re: wing incidence (sp?) and how it should be 0 degrees but is actually 3 degrees.

In realFlight sim it is zero but the actual ARF is set to 3 degrees. It flys great in the sim at zero until you make the incidence 3 degrees and it climbs woefully (as I remember the thread).

Also, the guys at my field say it is a wonderful plane but is so lightly wing-loaded that it floats forever upon landing. One of the fellows got it in a flat spin and couldn't recover (a level IV flyer).

I am coming back to the hobby after 10 years, so I consider myself a newbie.

I want this plane badly but if there is any stock in these reports, I am not advanced enough to handle it.

Can someone shed some light on these issues for me?

My wallet is open with the wife's blessings...what more could a man ask for....?

-dave-