Well after 2 years of on and off building and parts collecting, I finally got to fly my Miles Reed Extra 260. I'm very pleased! This thing just locks in. Two clicks of down and 1 click of right aileron and it was flying great The little ZDZ 40 ran perfectly and I can't wait until tomorrow!

Hello,

Ive know Miles a long time. I had a Solution X Biplane that flew great. Have fun with your plane.

Later

John

That is one of the greatest feelings, glad to see you liked your new plane.

Nice to see you got a successful maiden flight, did you get the throttle failsafe setting figured out?

toldyaso

nice plane!

Zeeb, I got the throttle fail safe working properly. It was a little tricky although I've done it several times before, I just forgot how to do it and the manual was vague, Thanks. You were right AJF--2, The thing flys like there's no tomorrow. I was just going to try some taxi tests but once it started rolling down the runway, I couldn't resist and away she flew!! I did notice a little roll coupling in knife edge that will have to be addressed, but that's the part I enjoy the most,"The Tweak"[8D]

Hey Bass1,

Your Extra looks fantastic! I am thinking of building from a set of Miles Reed plans and I am wondering if you can comment on them, the finished plane and the quality of the components (cowl, LG, etc.)? Which size did you build? What was the finished weight? Did you do a build thread on this plane?

Thanks,
Mark

Hi Mark, I'm putting a charge on my 260 now and getting ready to head to the field. I bought my kit (All American Kit Cutters) off of Ebay. The fiberglass cowl and aluminum landing gear came with the kit. I found the wheel pants on Ebay also. The plans have instructions for a built up cowl and wheel pants as well. The wing is a typical built up balsa construction. The plans show you how to build a jig for it. The vertical stab and horizontal stab were sheeted faom core, and you have a choice of either built up rudder and elevators or solid balsa rudder and elevator. I chose the built up version. I also purchased a Hanger 9 Extra 260 canopy and used it instead of the kit supplied canopy. It was a little to "bubbley" in my oppinion. The only changes I made to slightly lighten the airplane was to use 3/32 balsa sheeting instead of 1/8 sheets for the top hatch and turtle deck. All up weight (dry) is a little under 15 lbs. I didn't do a build thread on it but probably should have. Mine is the 80" span version and I think you still can get the kit version somewhere but I can't remember where. A little research might turn up the info though. If you build it, the way the hatch mounts may give you a migraine and I did mine a little different to alleviate the pain!

Thanks for the reply, I am thinking this would make a great winter project.


Mark