Flew the Eclipse today....finally! (61 sized)
06-20-2004 | 08:38 PM
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From: Bossier City ,
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Flew the Eclipse today....finally! (61 sized)
I got my eclipse back in the air today for the first time! 
I got the plane from a friend of mine for a song.......no literally a song......he made me tap dance in the street for it....but that's a different story. Anyway, it has an OS61RX on it with a matching OS pipe and it was a bear to get running. Thanks to a friend of mine (Charles the Fly-n-Razorback) he helped me get it going. I was so anxious to get it flying I didn't notice the high end needle was all the way in and the motor was just running on the prime. Charles quickly helped me get the needles sorted out and I got it airborne promptly. Wow. Quick. Hot landing. No problem, although I would like to slow it down a bit with a different prop (running a 12.5X11 APC now).
I was a little sluggish on the controls at first, but the slow rolls are coming back....slowly[
] But oh well, at least I have something to fly! Thanks again to Charles, all went well!
Jerry
I got the plane from a friend of mine for a song.......no literally a song......he made me tap dance in the street for it....but that's a different story. Anyway, it has an OS61RX on it with a matching OS pipe and it was a bear to get running. Thanks to a friend of mine (Charles the Fly-n-Razorback) he helped me get it going. I was so anxious to get it flying I didn't notice the high end needle was all the way in and the motor was just running on the prime. Charles quickly helped me get the needles sorted out and I got it airborne promptly. Wow. Quick. Hot landing. No problem, although I would like to slow it down a bit with a different prop (running a 12.5X11 APC now). I was a little sluggish on the controls at first, but the slow rolls are coming back....slowly[
] But oh well, at least I have something to fly! Thanks again to Charles, all went well!Jerry
06-20-2004 | 11:02 PM
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From: Fort Smith,
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RE: Flew the Eclipse today....finally! (61 sized)
It was nothing, always like to help, one of the funnest part of this hobby. Maybe dial in about 10-15% spoilers to kill some lift to slow that baby down. Also a 12x10 will slow it down a bit and bring the rpms up.
Charles
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