albatros

Posted by albatros on 25/02/2013 10:17:22: Mark As you can see to my photos, our club airfield has a rigid runaway so I did not have any problem with the take off or any instability after . The take off speed is moderate and the bipe get into the air after 20m of running.The only think I changed to the bipe was the incidence of the upper wing giving 1 degree of positive incidence. I am very exciting than after 31 years I am flying this beauty. The bipe make big loops ,avalance,amazing snaps also has very good and axial roll rate( I increase a little the surface area of the aileron and I have 1 mm differential).I hope to have soon more photos from flight and a video. Charalampos Thessaloniki Greece

Mark As you can see to my photos, our club airfield has a rigid runaway so I did not have any problem with the take off or any instability after . The take off speed is moderate and the bipe get into the air after 20m of runnig.The only think I changed to the bipe was the incidence of the upper wing giving 1 degree of positive incidence. I am very exciting than after 31 years I am flying this butty. The bipe make big loops ,avalance,amazing snaps also has very good and axial roll rate( I increase a little the surface area of the aileron and I have 1 mm differential).I hope to have soon more photos from flight and a video. Charalampos Thessaloniki Greece

Dear friends after 30 years from the building of Hairy gnome , yesterday I made the maiden flight of this beautiful bipe. I used my first rc engine OS Max 15.The bipe was incredible ,very stable, agile and with not any bad habits .I was able to slow down and the landing was a dream. The cg is at the leading age of the lower wing, a little nose heavy, but it was my first flight .The total weight is 940gram and I think that this must be the upper border of the weight for this bipe. I am hopping for a new report after the second flight.