ORIGINAL: jmohn

Well I finally got a chance to do the first flight of my KMP Hurricane. I was planning on putting a Saito 36 gas motor in the plane, but just couldn't get the motor to fit nicely. I ended up going electric with an Eflite Power 160 on two 5000 mah 6S packs. It took off at 1/2 trottle and flew great with almost no trim adjustment. I pulled the gear up and it ballooned up. I added some down elevator and it was fine again. It appears that the gear doors act like speed brakes when down. They are at a 45 degree angle to the wind and pull the nose down hard. I have to figure out some way to get them to turn when extended. Anyway, it flew awsome and was very fast and really didn't need more than 1/3 to 1/2 trottle to fly scale. Landing was a little tricky with a lot of wind gusting down the runway, but it came down fine with no problem.

I am very impressed by the plane and how it flys. It looks so real in the air and is very easy to fly. Another good one Andrew!