radfordc

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Here is my new Spad XIII that made it's first flight yesterday. Balsa USA kit with US Engines 41cc engine, Futaba radio, Power HD 1501MG servos.

foodstick

Alright ! first BUSA test flight I have seen this year.. Did you post any video on youtube? I constantly check to see the new WW1 videos on there.

radfordc

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I was by myself so not able to do any inflight video. I did post a cell phone video of the plane with the engine running.

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foodstick

If it flies as well as it looks !

There was actually a WW1 pilot from my Moms home town of Colfax Iowa that flew this type of plane.. James Norman Hall, he was quite the guy from the sound of his life history...

Have fun with that Spad !

bbs428

Nice looking Spad!

I'm not familiar with this aircraft. Please give us an after action report on how she flew.

Happy landings!

Warbird Man

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Very nice ! Job well done. How she fly?

radfordc

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She is flying great, now. For the first two flight it was way too nose heavy....I had added two pounds of lead to the nose to get the CG to the spot shown on the plans. I removed one pound and it flew better, but still nose heavy. I removed the other pound and now the plane is flying much better. With a 10 mph headwind it was off the ground in 20 feet and climbing fast. Rolls are slow but very scale-like...nothing like the way a modern aerobatic plane rolls. Loops are easy to do. The plane will snap roll and spin and comes out with no problem. I think I can move the batteries back behind the wing and make it fly even nicer. Landings are slow and easy, too. My buddy took some video which he will post soon.

pattnut

One of our local modelers here in Vegas built a BUSA Spad, and detailed it to the max. I have flown it many times, including "Warbirds Over The Rockies", and I am impressed by it's flying qualities. He,to, balanced it according to the plans by putting massive amounts of lead in the nose. The lead has all been removed.

Old Dawg

radfordc

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http://youtu.be/MbSWYMhenjg

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