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Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| SteveM | Midwest Products Aero-Star .40 | Flying | 23-Jun-08 16:02 |  |
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| She handles the wind a little better than the Tyro but not by much. Only a few clicks of trim and level and straight flight is easily attained. |
| SteveM | Midwest Products Aero-Star .40 | Flying | 23-Jun-08 16:01 |  |
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| About 10-15' of roll down the runway and she's off! Power is very mild, about where the Tyro started out which is correct as here I have about 55 W/lb. |
| SteveM | Midwest Products Aero-Star .40 | Flying | 23-Jun-08 15:58 |  |
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| Taxi trials, despite my efforts to increase prop clearance, the 14" prop can be heard hitting the mat in bumpy areas. AUW is 6.25 or 6.9 lbs depending on the batteries I was using, with about 400 watts max power. |
| SteveM | Midwest Products Aero-Star .40 | Flying | 23-Jun-08 15:51 |  |
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| Big and little Enos Burdett. |
| SteveM | Midwest Products Aero-Star .40 | Flying | 23-Jun-08 15:49 |  |
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| These benches make it a lot easier to work on the larger planes. Unfortunately I have to have the wing off in order to adjust linkages, check motor power, and RPM. |
| simpleflyer | Easy Built F4D | Build | 22-Jun-08 22:27 |  |
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| Scratch built a while back. Mostly 1/32 and 1/16 sheet balsa. |
