review #2

[Tomanek, Wojtek]

	Georgie

	Sounds like you are practicing Masters sequence.  Are you moving
up???

	Wojtek
	 
	
	----- Original Message -----
	From:	George Kennie <geobet at gis.net <mailto:geobet at gis.net> >
	Date:	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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