metalman Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Hi all, here's a utube link of my plane, after about three years building I did the first flight on the 10 of march, so far I have had some issues getting the trim to work properly but otherwise it's been hassle free. The cruise at 4800rpm is 80kias and climb at 55 kias is 950fpm, it seems to be nicer to wheel land and I've had a couple of goes at three pointing it and ended up doing a bit of a kangaroo impression, not sure if its just me or its stalling the tail plane ,but either way I'm really loving it. There's a series of utube clips from painting through to taxi testing and then a flight, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avi8tr Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Looks good, glad you are enjoying it MM. My first flight is around a few months away so I'll be joining you up there soon enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 Looks good, glad you are enjoying it MM. My first flight is around a few months away so I'll be joining you up there soon enough! What are you building mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael Coates Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Hi all, here's a utube link of my plane, after about three years building I did the first flight on the 10 of march, so far I have had some issues getting the trim to work properly but otherwise it's been hassle free. The cruise at 4800rpm is 80kias and climb at 55 kias is 950fpm, it seems to be nicer to wheel land and I've had a couple of goes at three pointing it and ended up doing a bit of a kangaroo impression, not sure if its just me or its stalling the tail plane ,but either way I'm really loving it. There's a series of utube clips from painting through to taxi testing and then a flight, cheers What plane is it ? Looks like an Allegro cockpit.? Avi8tr is building a rotaru rot-a-ru which i think is a Rotax powered Jabiru airframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 What plane is it ? Looks like an Allegro cockpit.?Avi8tr is building a rotaru rot-a-ru which i think is a Rotax powered Jabiru airframe. It has a couple of Skyfox bits and a lot of hand made parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David C Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 MM ... Well done .. You should feel very pleased and proud of your achievement .. I hope you have many happy times in your flying machine . Dave C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avi8tr Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Nah, I've moved on from that Michael. Let's say I'm building an aircraft with a "custom" engine. I won't be sharing any details just yet as quite frankly there are a lot of jealous people out there that have been causing me issue with it thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 Nah, I've moved on from that Michael. Let's say I'm building an aircraft with a "custom" engine. I won't be sharing any details just yet as quite frankly there are a lot of jealous people out there that have been causing me issue with it thus far. Interesting, hope it works out, is it in a jabiru airframe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DWB Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Hey Mat you know I love your plane but I have an off topic question. How did your cameraman keep the camera so steady whilst walking etc? Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Hey Mat you know I love your plane but I have an off topic question. How did your cameraman keep the camera so steady whilst walking etc? Well done iPhone four Dwb, my daughters boyfriend did the filming , he did well I reckon, he's a black fella (part Vanuatu ,part aboriginal) ,maybe he used some emu stalking skills [ATTACH]1785[/ATTACH] Great kid ,I'd love to get him into flying, he's pretty sharp and keen to do new things [ATTACH]18403[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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