Sorry for the poor image.. It was from my camera phone.

The wind finally died down to nothing so I thought I would take my Seagull PC9 up for its first flight.. I was so excited that I accidently left my fuel at home, but I had a full take so I took it up a couple times.

Let me say, even though it was an ARF, it was absolutely exciting to see something fly that I quasi-put together. It was definantly a rush.

I started on my Nexstar, so going to the PC9 I expect a totally different animal off the bat. But, being a low wing, it wasnt as bad as I percieved after reading some peoples opinions about low wings. I loaded it with a Thunder Tiger .46 and APC 11x6 prop.. Take off was smooth, nothing unexpected. The climb rate was way more than I am use to, which was a pleasant suprise. Being that I have more balls than brains, the first thing I did after leveling off was trying a roll. With the Nexstar, rolls were almost impossible. The PC9 did it quite easily.

I took it around a couple more times. I took my time building it and aligning things on the ground, which I believe is the reason why I didnt have to adjust the trim at all in the air.

Now for the landing. I'll be honest, I was kind of scared of landing. The last time I landed, well, let say the Nexstar was sent to Hobbico. Landing was suprisingly gentle with this aircraft. Everyone told me "Its a low wing, so you'll want to keep on the throttle until you are ready to put her down". Well, maybe I was keeping on the throttle too much, but I found it to be the total opposite. This booger didnt want to come down. After a couple touch and goes I brought her around. Easy landing..

This aircraft looks great in the air.. I did add a couple blue strips to the bottom because the bottom and top of the wing are identical.. I more than likely will put checker on the bottom though because the blue strips were a bit hard to see.

I'm not saying this is the best aircraft, I know there are some mixed opinions about this aircraft. But for $135, you cant beat it. Its a great 2nd plane!!!

P.S. Also, this was the first time using my new Futaba 6EXA computer radio..

Nice job! Good luck with your next.

Nice plane!

What is the wingspan on that bird?