Nate129
Jul 07, 2005, 02:19 AM
I have flown (and landed) exactly one plane, a Gypsy, before I maidened my Alfa P-47 tonight. Needless to say, I was sweating trying to fly a low-winged, small warbird after only simulator and a single high-wing non-aileron flight. She flew GREAT, insanely fast, but great!
My setup:
HS-55 (Elev. and Ail.)
Optic 6 / Electron 6
Hacker A20-20L and X-20 esc
Polyquest 3s 850mah (Don't have my larger packs yet)
Anyway, I was a little disturbed by how dang fast she took off out of my buddies hand, but I powered down to half-throttle and trimmed her out - then it was off to the races so to speak. Loops from level flight were cake, as well as snap rolls. The absolute best was doing really low fly-by passes - Alfa's look so good in the air. I can't wait for my MiG 15 and FW-190 to get here - now that I KNOW I can actually fly them!
Forgive my childish excitement, I am sure you can understand if you remember your first flight and landing (which was stressful but ultimately uneventful with the P-47).
Man, the wife is going to be lonely for the next few weeks... ;)
My setup:
HS-55 (Elev. and Ail.)
Optic 6 / Electron 6
Hacker A20-20L and X-20 esc
Polyquest 3s 850mah (Don't have my larger packs yet)
Anyway, I was a little disturbed by how dang fast she took off out of my buddies hand, but I powered down to half-throttle and trimmed her out - then it was off to the races so to speak. Loops from level flight were cake, as well as snap rolls. The absolute best was doing really low fly-by passes - Alfa's look so good in the air. I can't wait for my MiG 15 and FW-190 to get here - now that I KNOW I can actually fly them!
Forgive my childish excitement, I am sure you can understand if you remember your first flight and landing (which was stressful but ultimately uneventful with the P-47).
Man, the wife is going to be lonely for the next few weeks... ;)