review #2

[Michael Ramsey]

I felt the same way, on my first flights with the Focus. Like telepathy
between you and the airplane. The name says it all.

Focus.

Thanks for the notes George!

Michael Ramsey


----- Original Message -----
From: "George Kennie" <geobet at gis.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>; <al_rc4u at hotmail.com>; <shwnrobge at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:29 AM
Subject: review #2


> Here we go again.
> Things are a little dead so I'll submit a little input.
> Last fall I picked up a Focus from a local hobby shop.I had other
> construction projects underway at the time so it went into storage
> for a time.I finally started putting it together in the late spring
> and had it ready to go early summer. Due to problems I was having
> with the power system and it's management things really bogged down
> and I had other stuff to utilize so I didn't feel any drive to
> press. Well I finally resolved the power issues and yesterday became
> "D-day".I had spent one whole afternoon on set-up sometime back in
> July or August so I expected this thing to be pretty close. After
> arriving at the field yesterday and assembling everything and doing
> a 200 foot range check and taking a few pictures for posterity, I
> fired it up using my trusty Kavan(on 24 volts, I might add) and
> adjusted the high speed needle and taxied out to the center of the
> runway and pointed into the wind, which was almost straight down the
> runway(almost never happens at our field) and let it idle while I
> took my position on the center pilot station opposite the center
> pole.After pushing my glasses back up on my nose and making certain
> my hat was on tight I gradually advanced the throttle. The bird
> started to roll, slight rudder correction, then dead straight for
> about 100 feet breaking ground in the longest lowest shallow ascent,
> still dead straight, slow climb to approx. 50-60 feet and into the
> procedure turn to the right.............WOW!!!!!!!!!! "is this thing
> tracking or what?"  270 left and straight back on my free pass.
> Hmmm, funny, "this thing doesn't need any trim!?!"  Turnaround and
> back for the stall w/ 1&1/4 up and when reaching the apex it was
> like somebody drove a stake throught the C.G. and rotated the fuse
> right in place. Man, it did a stall turn just like the ones Kenny
> Lauter does. Well anyway I completed the pattern with solid control
> throughout. The slow and 4 point were extremely easily accomplished
> with the slow seeming to be about 6 seconds in length(probably my
> imagination)."O.K, let's check the coupling on this buggar!" Roll
> left, "Aha!, just the slightest bit of adverse roll(probably going
> to take about 2% correction, maybe!)", roll right," hmm,.....a
> little pitch to the belly(probably somewhere between 3 and 4%
> correction, not bad!)." O.K., time to get this bird on the ground.
> Slap switch "C" for idle-down and air-brake and she's climbing just
> a whisker,"hmm, gonna hafta add another 2% down elevator on
> air-brake", complete the landing pattern and line-up for approach
> and she landed without bending the grass(although those wheels make
> a wicked racket rattling around inside those pants, could be a
> problem).
> O.K., the conclusion, this is one awesome airplane! I've had a few 2
> meter birds previously but nothing to compare to this thing.Never
> touched a trim throughout the flight and the stability has to be
> experienced to be believed. Maybe I lucked-out and just got a really
> good one, but Anthony and Bill have been on here also declaring it's
> merits.Bob P., you've got to get one of these, you'll think you died
> and went ...............    If these things are still available
> after the first of the year I plan to pick up a back-up. Why would
> anyone want to get anything else when you consider the risks. I know
> so many guys that have these and are extremely happy with the end
> results, it's almost like a guarantee.
> Get a life, get a Focus!!!!!!!
> Georgie
>
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