Darren 0 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Hope to run the engine today.... And what a pile of junk it is too Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 Darren is just miffed cos his little Pattern ship had engine troubles all day. His OS FS70 Super Pumped Fours Stroke (or whatever its called) just wouldn't run properly, despite my tender ministrations... And the F2B??? Well the sweet Laser100 fired at the first touch of the starter (Darren was watching - say it isn't so Dazzle), fresh out the box, after never having been run before... And how fantastic she went - no problems, 3 tanks straight through, hand started half way through the first tank, loads of power at the top and a lovely idle to boot - especially that Laser gurgling Now - wait for a nice bit of weather and we'll go for a test fly Link to post Share on other sites
Darren 0 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Darren is just miffed cos his little Pattern ship had engine troubles all day. His OS FS70 Super Pumped Fours Stroke (or whatever its called) just wouldn't run properly, despite my tender ministrations... And the F2B??? Well the sweet Laser100 fired at the first touch of the starter (Darren was watching - say it isn't so Dazzle), fresh out the box, after never having been run before... And how fantastic she went - no problems, 3 tanks straight through, hand started half way through the first tank, loads of power at the top and a lovely idle to boot - especially that Laser gurgling Now - wait for a nice bit of weather and we'll go for a test fly I'm big enough to take this .... OS 70 FS Ultimate Laser 100 Link to post Share on other sites
Nutz 0 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Now - wait for a nice bit of weather and we'll go for a test fly What after all that you did not even fly it............................what a girl. Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 You think of me me as a girl??? NOW I'm starting to worry about ya!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Club Members Gerard 10 Posted April 21, 2008 Club Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Lovely low throttle sound from the F2B Jim, even if it did keep dropping its nuts. Looking forward to hearing it in the air! Link to post Share on other sites
Lofty 5 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Sounded great & looked super mate! Any day this week looks good for a test fly, apart for Wednesday atm Link to post Share on other sites
Nutz 0 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 You think of me me as a girl??? NOW I'm starting to worry about ya!!!!!!! Even big girls need loving Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Well, she flew at last! Twice actually The first flight was.. ermmm interesting, with loads of trim needed to get her to fly straight. Then, to make matters worse, the engine cut and I had to do a dead stick landing at completely the wrong place. Just managed to turn the draggy old bipe into wind but only managed the rough. No damage to speak of, so off we went again a little while later. Much better the second flight - I'd re-aligned the elevator halves. I think that the brass tube that joins the elevator control wires is twisting and needs a look at. Still a handfull to fly, being slow to react to control input, and then - bang - loads of turn or roll. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it, but may look at a change to CofG too. No engine problems 2nd flight and Sid took some nice snaps - thanks Sid. Thanks also to Lee for taking her apart as I was doing an A test (congrats Rob). Here's a pic for ya all! Link to post Share on other sites
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