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Old 08-11-2010 | 04:49 AM
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Default RE: Gloster Javelin

Thanks guys, she has been built and painted very nicely, not by me I might add, I got it third or fourth hand, been sitting around for a while.

JD, built from a Mick Reeves kit, as you say she does sit nicely, tends to nose drop in turns and is quite sluggish on the controls, feels like the real thing I imagine! Also needs a fair bit of power to keep her moving, very draggy airframe and can be prone to stalling which apparently is normally terminal (deep stall)

I wasn't quite sure of the trim situation and as it had not been flown by me before I forced the rotation a bit to gain trimming height, not very scale like I know, my apologies.

She actually tried to roll out to port on t/off flap so that was a good move!

Gary.
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