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Old 04-03-2011, 06:40 PM
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Thumbs up WOW!!!

Very NICE!!! And you nailed the landing...
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Old 04-04-2011, 01:32 AM
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Anthony, Yup its Damyns Hall

LanceF53, it is so much nicer to fly and land with a passenger! with just me, full fuel and no smoke oil in the back the pitch stick forces are very high. on the down side of a loop you feel like your going to bend the stick!!!

I did a few circuits in it after that first flight and tried some different approach speeds, 70kts is perfect with 65kts at start of flair. i tried 65kts aproach and could not flair and the blip of power and the decending touch down ended in a small bounce, likewise if you come in a bit fast and go half way between 3 point and a wheeler it bounces. our runway is not long enough to try a fast wheeler.


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Old 04-04-2011, 05:51 AM
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Dave, one word....WOW!!!!!! Oh, and I love the registration. Congrats
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Old 04-04-2011, 06:16 AM
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All went to plan Flys lovely and true.
the only bug bear I have is its heavy in pitch but i only had a litle smoke oil on board (rear baggage compartment)

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Nicely finished and as usual you had the obligatory best 3-point landing you'll ever do right off the bat on the first flight. I've never nailed a solo 3-pointer as good as I did on my first flight too and I have the nose heavy IO-360-A1B6D and Hartsell prop combo which is an automatically easy tail low main wheel landing machine. Yes, that combo is actually not the funnest acro combo, very heavy stick forces pulling up when solo. What's your empty weight and balance numbers? I've learned to stop in about as short a distance as I could 3-pointing but with MUCH more consistency and 'safely'. Enjoy the capabilities!
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Old 04-04-2011, 10:11 AM
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congrats !

neat 3 points landing !
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Old 04-04-2011, 11:39 AM
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Its 1112lb empty with CG at 77.05" but thats without the smoke system which is in the rear baggage compartment

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Old 04-04-2011, 02:40 PM
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And I like the "outside of the box" thinking with regards to colors! It's AWESOME! My Duke has the same green color- Which green did you pick?


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All went to plan Flys lovely and true.
the only bug bear I have is its heavy in pitch but i only had a litle smoke oil on board (rear baggage compartment)

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Old 04-04-2011, 03:58 PM
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I just asked the paint supplier for kawasaki ninja green

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Old 04-04-2011, 04:00 PM
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Its 1112lb empty with CG at 77.05" but thats without the smoke system which is in the rear baggage compartment

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That's good. Before painting I was 1125 pounds and 76.86 inches CG.

After painting, 1142 lbs and 77.86 inches GC.

I prefer how it flies acro with 25 pounds of weight in the rear baggage compartment.
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Old 04-04-2011, 04:19 PM
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I will keep the smoke tank full for a while and also change the tailwheel as i have the vans lightweight one on there but i have a normal one (weighs over a pound more!)

Still trying to dream up a nice tungsten bar to go on the tailwheel spring that will still alow the spring to work properly.

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