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Happy Days:
YEEeeeeeHhaarrr! :D ………Lukie Boy, you have got to get yourself another one of these and put a full house wing on it. It’s pure Sex! Believe me.

Let me set the scene for you.

“Lower” North Slope of Big L. (50 mtrs from the car park)
Overcast sky and 40 - 50 km/h winds at the ridge.
Lift everywhere, you could have  flown a preverbal ‘plank of wood’ on Mt. Lienster today.

The Phase is set with dual rates and mixes that allow just ailerons to be used., or ailerons and flaps coupled together so as to afford full length ailerons in effect, or crow braking.

The plane is launched in low rate setting, no flaps, and just using ailerons by themselves…… Just needed a little aileron and rudder trimming.
Climbs nicely. Gently flys around in the lift.
45 degree dive (to check CoG) and let go of the stick …….  perfect.

Right, let’s see what she can do.  Gain height, switch to high rate…..dive and pull back on the stick. God that’s fast, and a very tight loop. :)
Gain height again, dive, and level off,….. Push the stick hard over to the right.  That’s a fast roll, Phew! :D
How about a stall turn…………..YES. 8)  
Spilt S…..no problem. :lol:
Low pass……..SSSssswwwwwiiiiiiishshsh. LOVE IT!


Switch aileron and flap mix on…….
Well,……........ What can I say? The roll rate was so fast my brain couldn’t keep up with the orientation of the model. I had to just let go of the stick and hope that the plane would be the right way up when she stopped the roll. Oopppsss No! :oops:   she’s up-side-down. In a moment of panic I pulled back on the stick……..the plane, of course, headed straight for the ground. Pulled back a little harder and she missed the ground and pointed at the sky again. Wow! This is better than my first one.
I can’t remember when I last had so much fun with my cloths on.

This bird is Fast and FUN!

For those who are interested, the modification are as I’ve said, a Full house Wing.
Sullivan control rods for elevator and rudder.
Ballast compartment.
And I join the wing to the fuse’  using drilled nylon screws. (Nylon screws with a small hole drilled down through the top of the screw head and into the shaft of the screw to weaken it so that it will snap in the event of a hard landing and save damaging the airframe.)

I’m a very Happy Chappie and I’m still Grinning! :D :D

K.

lothar4862:
Ha!

Congratulations! I read Your bult and repair thread, reads like a roman, very exciting, i always thaught: that's the end for this plane, but You always found a solution.

No, I do not really think about a plane with a fuselage and all the things which are not really needed to fly, but it would be a good Idea to have something similar to my little Toy-Pilatus, to fly at small slopes.

Thank You for the informations.

Regards

Lothar

joe:
:D  :D  :D
Great news Keith.
I knew you'd be up there today. Conditions looked perfect here. Sunshine and lots of northerly wind.
Happy days indeed.
 :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

billscottni:
Jammy sod keith!
I spent all day on an induction course being told that for the next 8 months my life wil revolve around remembering and being able to implement all 450 pages of the VAT legal and technical manuals!!!

Happy Days:
Bill said:
"I spent all day on an induction course being told that for the next 8 months my life wil revolve around remembering and being able to implement all 450 pages of the VAT legal and technical manuals!!!"
You poor man, I'm glad it was you doing it and not me!

Joe, Thanks for you comments, it was a lovely day, as it has been again today. I'm begining to get the knack of this crow braking lark. She tends to baloon quite a bit if too much crow is applied.
Must get all these mixing % worked out.

Lothar:
I guessed you wouldn't be very interested in a model with a fuselage. A bit too orthodox for you I think. :roll:
Didn't know you had a Pilatus.........may be there's hope for you yet! :lol:

Glad you liked the build thread.

K.

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