Well it flew. t/o roll about 300' (no flap) Kinda jumped off the ground but very controllable. cg 7.5 behind le of wing and only required 1-2 clicks of elev trim. Required a bit of aileron trim but didnt investigate why. Was a little nose heavy at first but was expected. Flew about 6 min and landed with one saddle almost full. I landed a little long and hot, and ran off end of runway, Bent main struts and broke one mount, both easily fixed. Will order parts, repair and continue test flight program. Overall it flys well and looks good in the air. Im happy.
Congrats on the maiden. Any idea why you landed long and hot?
Thanks,
Tone
yep, mainly old and stupid. was worried about fuel but didnt need to be. oh yeh, SF16 (fist time with one) worked great. Jet was solid before gyro turned on then super with gyro.
Well, it's tougher than I thought. Minor damage to mounts that wont require remove/replace. I am going to put a backer of G10 on top of mount and replace wood screws with blind nuts and screws. When new struts arrive I will be good to go again.
Glad to hear. I prefer putting a Jet Cat in because they are local so I dont have to wait for service if I need it. I just put a P100 in a Pilot Viper and other than the old GSU design I rather like it.
I used the factory CG of 160mm from the leading edge of the wing. Considered moving it back eventually but since it has been flying well, I never got around to experimenting with it. I did experiment with ailerons. I did not like the way it felt and went back to a traditional set up.
thanks I have mine set up the same way did the maiden yesterday and it felt wierd on the ailerons Jet had a starnge wing rock I did have CG at 7.5 " I rebalanced at 160 MM and will try flying again to see if it made a difference
thanks I have mine set up the same way did the maiden yesterday and it felt wierd on the ailerons Jet had a starnge wing rock I did have CG at 7.5 " I rebalanced at 160 MM and will try flying again to see if it made a difference
7.5" is a190mm back and seems like it would be a bit tail heavy. But I have never tried it. Please let me know how you like 160mm.
Thanks,
Tone
thanks I have mine set up the same way did the maiden yesterday and it felt wierd on the ailerons Jet had a starnge wing rock I did have CG at 7.5 " I rebalanced at 160 MM and will try flying again to see if it made a difference
Have you flown it at the 160 mm cg yet? And how was it? Thanks Frank.