ADVENTURES IN SPECTRA

[Dennis Adamisin]

No kidding!  Now that you mention it, I think the plane was fishtailing where it should have been locking.  I blew that off as crappy piloting having not flown in a month or so.  Thanks for giving me an excuse to blame the plane!  Next time out I will divest it of some tip weight and add a few RPM's to keep the lines tight.  Funny you should mention rudder.   It has a cam for just the reason you stated.  Best whisper (shhh), because admitting to using rudder might get you cancelled. 

I was quite proud of how this profile flies.  It appears to fly like a real PA, but after a few months flying the canard, I was shocked at the difference in turning.  My first pullout on the RWO caused several worms to have heart attacks.

Ken

Ken
Switching to Spectra of course required at least a little re-trimming on existing airplanes. Not stopping there, whenever I pick up something haven't flown for awhile I end up with some kind of trim tweak to get a little  better feel, a little better performance.  Works both ways too; go back to the main bird and as often as not I'll get another idea to try to squeeze a little more out of it too!

[Ara Dedekian]

      Used my 100# dark green Spectra to lash the brass hinge barrels to the elevator of a well used, unknown combat plane destined for Brodaks. It looks suspiciously like Phil's Rugged Stunt Trainer modified from its former life to fly combat.

      Ara