Runaround

[Jeff Hughes]

I built another Hanson Runaround last winter for a beater pattern 
plane. It weighs 6 3/4 lbs with a saito 100, has about 780 sq inches 
(its the 825 sq in wing, turned into a double taper with an inch off 
each tip. I was looking for something easy to maintain and assemble at 
the field (I glued the chin cowel on). My first pattern plane was a 
runaround and now that i'm flying intermediate and starting to 
practice advance I can better appreciate how well this plane flies. no 
mix either knife edge, pulls to the canopy slightly in down lines, 
needs some right thrust in up lines.  I could compete with this plane 
as well as my current 2M. This plane gets overlooked when people 
recommend beginner planes, but it'll fly well for about any level 
competitor plus the instructions are good enough for a beginner to get 
into "typical" pattern construction.

 


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