review #2

[Joe Lachowski]

Damn, now I'll have to get a different design airplane to fly next year 
since all the rest of you District 1 guys are getting Focii. Hmmm, wonder 
what design(whattaya think Lee)? <VBG>

Joe L.


>From: "Michael Ramsey" <michaelr at flying-models.com>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: 
><geobet at gis.net>,<discussion at nsrca.org>,<al_rc4u at hotmail.com>,<shwnrobge at aol.com>
>Subject: Re: review #2
>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:26:37 -0500
>
>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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