I flew several planes After the TTs were over Sunday
David Fitzgerald's Stargazer was very pleasant to fly , and it was the brute of the bunch, it loafed around with the Big PA75 and went thru everything a 5.4 laps in a rich 4 stroke. The engine sounds much differant when your at the handle, and is surprising just how rich Dave runs it.
Dave plane is a very honest one has a dead even inside-outside turn, and goes exactly where you point it, I was a little surprised at how slow Dave has the ship setup, but its one of those that you always want another flight on. It isn't any wonder why Dave is so very consistant with this ship in any condition.
Bob Hunts ship was a much improved version of the 2005 Genesis he used last time. His plane now goes thru high winds with ease. Bob worked very hard on the new setup, using a differant programmed ESC , timer, and a new props with more diameter and 40% more pitch. The plane has a solid feel, and really is what Bob calls a "point and shoot" plane, It was very easy to fly and the electric engine pulled the plane thru every manouver with authority. I was pleasantly surprised when I put Bob's Genesis thru the pattern at just how solid it was in all the power manouvers, Bob also has not only the power dialed in perfectly he has the windup in the wind virtually cut to nothing. If I know Bob his next ship will be a real killer with this new electric power train setup, and I know it won't be long before we see it.
Frank McMillan's PA 65 powered Caudron, is a perfect example of a really great conventional stuntship, it just sits and drives anywhere you want it to go. I was looking forward to flying this ship as from what I could see outside the circle Frank's plane looked to fly quite a bit like my own. The slow manover speed Frank had his ship set to run made it an easy one to fly and line tension was something you just didn't worry about at all, I did many manovoures crossed in the winds because of the bright sun and the plane never flinched, it just drove through any direction I pointed it in.
Bill Rich's new SV11 was only a couple of weeks old when it got the call for duty, but it was no surprise when I flew it. Bill has another excellent ship, and he will be a force with this one. It turns very hard and flat, but also does a great job of tracking in the round stuff.
There were many good flying planes at this Team Trials, and I would have like to have had the chance to fly all of them.
I wil post a few more pictures here from Muncie
Randy
Topic: 2008 US Team (Read 2124 times)