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Old 08-15-2003 | 12:51 AM
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Default She Flies!

Finished up the Lady last night except for the Wheel pants and Pilot. Just had to go flying tonight since I haven't been flying since Sunday. (I think I have been having withdrawls

I'm glad to report that she flies like a dream. Took 3 clicks of up elevator and one click of right aileron to trim and she was hands off. The final setup was a Saito 1.20 with a Master Airscrew Classic 16 x 10 (it's what I had on it). Two Hitec digitals in the wings, two on the elevator, One on the rudder and a Futaba 3003 on the throttle.

CG was at 5&1/8 inches back from the leading edge, at the rear of the recommended range. The battery is in the center of the plane over the wing and no weight had to be added.

Inverted flight required about 20% down elev. probably due tue the dihedral in the wings. I didn't get around to any knife edges or fancy stuff as I only got 2 flights in before dark. altogether I was pretty impressed and I am sure I'll have a ton of fun this weekend with her.

Only one real complaint with the kit and that is the chinsey tail wheel. I guess that will be changed tomorrow as it just refuses to tighten up and consequently the plane doesn't have a lot of ground handling capability.