| sounds like a good choice to me. You'll appreciate the big wing too.
Instructors tend to have you fly about three mistakes high and a big
plane is easier to see. One suggestion I'd like to make is to go to the
top of the engine range, even if you don' need it, it's nice to have
that power in reserve. Good luck and keep us up to date.
Jim
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| For anyone following this note, or anyone interested parties out
there..... The T. Tiger is going together real easily except for
the diehedral joints on the wing. Overall it seems like a good
arf, but then what do I know about arfs. Any rate, I purchased
an OS 46sf to power the trainer, and a futaba 4 channel "attack"
system to talk to it. I am real slow in getting it ready, like
to fuss around and make sure things are perfect, but should be ready
by the end of this week. If anyone is interested, reply here and
I will leave a make it or break (crash) it report. Heres mud in
the sky!
Vinnie C.
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| Well....just in case anyone has followed this note.....
The ARF kit went together fairly easily. A few flaws however.
During initial taxi runs, we found out that the 11/6 prop was cutting
grass faster than a weed wacker. Not because of a big prop, but
small wheels supplied for the landing gear. I will be switching
to 3" wheels this week. I also replaced the supplied hinges with
the Sig easy hinges, and used a flexible cable for throttle instead
of the pushrod. The plane is very tail heavy, needs lotsa weight
as far up front as possible. Keep this in mind should you put one
together.
Performance with a OS 46SF is really good. Plane takes off itself
@ 3/4 throttle, and really screams for a trainer a full. Just like
all "good trainers" she hold her own, comes in real slow, and is
predictable. After 7th flight (career total) I can make low speed
approaches to the runway, and make the plane do what I want it to
do, not the reverse. I am sure that my fantastic instructor had
a lot to do with this also.
So, if anyone has read this far along, I speak highly of this plane
for anyone like myself starting out, and cant spend a month learning
how to build, and cover. On a scale of 1-10, I would give it a
8.5.
Vinnie C.
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