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Old 03-23-2009, 07:19 PM
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Default RE: F-86 weight question

She flies!!! and great at that. maiden was this afternoon, slightly overcast skies and a nice 10mph wind straight down the runway. I have worried about take off roll for quite some time, she used about 450 of the 600 feet available. nice smooth take off and very gentle flight characteristics. landing approach with full flaps and speed brakes was nice and smooth and made a picture perfect landing. I am very satisfied with how it turned out. never would have thought a thirty pound airplane would fly so good on 17 pounds of thrust, most of the flight was about 2/3's throttle.

thanks for all the advice, it was worth all the waiting. Kevin