Hello... well today was the day i took the Buzzard Bombshell 72" out for it's first flight. I've never had a chance to fly a plane before so i didn't really know what to expect! I did 6 flights in total and only had to deadstick land once as the engine died on landing. This plane is very sensitive to input controls more so than i had thought. On the first flight the trim for the stab seemed to be really out so i adjusted it for straighter flight. When i brought i back in for refueling i noticed how far the trim had moved the stab. I'm not sure if this is too tail heavy as it wants to climb all the time. CG seems to balance just fine though.
Anyway, i'm happy with the effort i put into it this past winter. it came to me unfinished with broken wings, fuselage, etc. from all the years of storage. it's nice to see it flying finally!
here are some before and after shots...


thanks again for this forum and great info.!

doesent look to bad as far as repairing goes.

Which picture is the "before" shot? Just kidding. Looks good and glad you had some good flights. The old planes were easier to fly, they had to be because the radios were so bad. Covering looks good. Keep up the good work. This is a rudder plane, right? Fly it for a while and when ready you can move up to a 4-ch plane. Of course you could stay with the old-timers, there are still kits out there, in fact there are companies making NEW kits of OLD planes. They can be fun.

ENJOY

Yup, just 3ch. operation!

Here is a better shot with a very old engine on board. I'm not using that os.35 anymore. Wasn't very reliable at all!

Yeah i'm going to stick with this plane and continue with old traditions. i'm a huge fan of the older 40-50's aircraft, especially the Bush planes from up north!!

There is an os 35 for sale on EBAY if you want to put it back into the condition you got it in.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...969072684&rd=1
Just a thought. No, I'm not the seller.

Congrats on the flight.