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Old 12-20-2009 | 04:08 PM
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Default RE: GP .60 Reactor Bibe

Did the Maiden today
Everything went well. The plane flew very good. The motor, prop, esc combo give it lots of power. Hover and pull out was impressive.
It took a couple clicks of aileron and elevator to have it go straight. Flew inverted hands off. So I think it is a hair tail heavy....but I am going to leave it. It didn't exhibit any bad habits .

On the second battery another fellow flew it a couple of minutes, then handed the radio over to another who flew it around for a minute or 2.

On the third battery I set the timer to 8 minutes. Did some hovers, some extended up lines. Lots of Harriers and touch and go's to get the feel for how it slowed down and landed. The timer went off and it was time to land.
I ended up with 8 1/2 minutes in the air and it still felt like it had full power.
The battery is currently on the charger re-charging. I will see what those 8 1/2 minutes used.

The 4th flight was lets see what she can do

Flew knifeedges, flatspins, harriers right down to the deck. Some low hovers
Then one guy yells out " Make some snowangels with the rudder !"
Well I didn't go that low.
Oh in case you were wondering. The maiden was done with skis off of snow.

A couple of tail first landing.
One thing that was fun was to take off,turn and come around and land all within the length of the runway.

Overall, I am very very happy with this plane
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