Hey the Doctor and Medic are great flying planes also. Need to read the article that Ted wrote to get the best out of them. I remember the Medic at a past NATS, but can't remember the guys name. After he followed Ted's suggestions it flew great.
That was Ted and I working on his engine, mostly. I think it was Larry Fulwider and some youngsters, but I could be wrong. It was in an SSW post that I can't find right now. The airplane was pretty good right from the start, I think, but he was under-revving the engine.
I would actually be more inclined to build a Medic, myself, just because they build a little "denser" than the Doctor. The Doctor is amazing in smooth conditions, but is like flying a kite because it is so incredibly light. Amazing compensation angles in a wind, like 15 degrees nose up across the top of the inside square. The Medics I have seen and flown seem to handle the turbulence better.
The original Doctor had a whole bunch of different engines on it, and only some of them ran correctly. Now, I would suggest an 46LA, but at the time that was not an established engine (and may not have existed when the airplane was designed). It needs a low pitch/high rev engine (as do most of these elevator-only airplanes) to produce a consistent control response.
Brett
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