Edward Perera

Posted by Martin Harris on 10/03/2016 23:50:13: ...and rather spookily, just 6 hours after posting the warning above, I was checking over a clubmate's new Piper Cub which had these devices on all of his servo arms. I took special care to check that I couldn't move the rods in the connectors and asked him to confirm that he'd done them up as tightly as possible. We ran the engine for a while in order to iron out some flow problems and once satisfied that all should be well for the maiden, carried it out to the strip. As per my normal practice, I did a final control check for direction and movement before taxying out - and the elevator failed to move. I stopped the engine and we took it back to the pits for examination. You're probably ahead of me by now - yes - the servo arm was moving freely up and down the pushrod...please check yours again very closely before flying (if you decide to stick with them). Hi Martin, I may have check the wheel collars as well !!!! We had to scan the landing area to find the lost wheel collar. And we found it !!!

Hi All, Video uploaded!! https://youtu.be/48T6JzC-S6w

Posted by Frank Skilbeck on 13/03/2016 08:34:32: Lovely, a video with sound would be the icing on the cake . Is the OS61 powerful enough? reason I ask is I have an old Vega 50 horizontal twin, this could be an ideal model for it. A video will be uploaded to the Youtube , and the link will be posted soon!! I had only a few flights yesterday, and believe that the FS60 is delivering just the right amount of power. I am not familiar with the Vega 50 horizontal twin. I would love to see a picture of it, if possible, please.

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

The Maiden Flight. Today morning the weather was fine,and I decided to do the maiden flight. It was totally a success. As there was hardly any wind, a three point landing was attempted.

Hi Piers, Thank you very much for your kind comments. I have already fitted the fuel tubing sleeves on the clevices.

Hi Martin, Thank you very much for your valuable advice. I will take extra precautions with the push rod fastening screws, before every flight. Already they are fitted with loctite. A couple of years back this FS 60 was fitted to a Piper J3. And it had a Dummy Cylinder. Hope you will like the pictures. I did not consider it with the Slyingsby, as the weight of the FS 60 alone was 200 g. more than what is recommended.