After construction, the plane is beautiful but here are few helpful hints to get flying. The recommended rate on the elevator is insufficient. After the test flight, there was not enough elevator to get a decent flair and the bird pancaked on landing bending the too flimsy landing gear. This gear should be replaced by either a composite or heavier guage aluminum. I have tried three times now to land and bent the gear each time even after stringing some aircraft cable between the two halves. It is a two piece gear set up and that is part of the problem. I would add about 25-30 % expo on the ailerons as well. Since this was my first bipe I had a tendency to over correct. One final note, the struts that connect the upper and lower ailerons. Get rid of them and use a heavier, fully threaded wire that will accept nylon clevises. On my second flight one of the provided struts worked loose as they employ metal threaded clevisies in the original configuaration and even with the lock nuts, they vibrate loose. Do all the above and you'll have a a smooth flying inexpensive Bipe. ($159.00)
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15 years ago