H9 35% 260....its cheating to call it a build thread!!!!!

[Bat Fastard]

	Quote: Originally Posted by T. Bob
	To me it seems Extras always take a little more time to slow down. (to clean) Dave your 40% Extra is just so ****ing big it slowed down quick but at 27 lbs it's gonna take a little more time. The prop is also a big factor my Carden Edge at 40 lbs + was a bitch to land until I put on a 32 X 10. Hell a Yak or a Cap to can land at 1/4 power.

I have a 41# plus carden extra with a Mejzlik 30-12 and know exactly what you mean by the clean lines of an Extra. I have to crab the plane in by giving a bunch of rudder and cross controlling the ailerons to bleed enough speed off to get it to stop by the time it gets to the end of the runway. I always thought it was because the plane was so heavy it had a lot of inertia......oh well, it is fun to do though.

[T. Bob]

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	You've flown your 40% Edge?

You're an ass.

[Bat Fastard]

	Quote: Originally Posted by T. Bob
	You're an ass.

ROTFLMAO!

[dubd]

I find that planes like the AW Yak and possibly this 260 need to come in slightly nose up to slow them down. I had this problem with my SD Model Yak when I first got into giant scale. All of my planes now come in slow with me "blipping" the power to maintain descent. I even land the notoriously floaty SuperXtra like this.

[bodywerks]

	Quote: Originally Posted by dgfick
	My JTEC is just about the easiest plane to land as long as I can flatten it out a little before I get to the field. Mejzlik 32x10 on the nose and at 40+ lbs. I agree that I just have to learn how to land this airplane. Haven't weighed it (SHOULD be mid 27's), I know that its my technique. You've flown your 40% Edge? I think that my idle might have been a bit higher than required. I would rather fight a high idle and use my FO Kill to kill the engine than to have a deadstick at a new field with a new plane that I am unfamiliar with. I'm pulling the gear off this weekend and taking it to work and putting it in a vice and seeing if I can straighten it out. It should be just fine until I can get a replacement gear and pants.

sorry bout that, i was answering someone elses question. yours was likely first flight jitters - understandable.

[bodywerks]

	Quote: Originally Posted by dubd
	I find that planes like the AW Yak and possibly this 260 need to come in slightly nose up to slow them down. I had this problem with my SD Model Yak when I first got into giant scale. All of my planes now come in slow with me "blipping" the power to maintain descent. I even land notoriously floaty SuperXtra like this.

exactly. I don't do the "red on white" standard category descent when I land. I come in at 2 feet off the deck for the last couple hundred feet, at a positive aoa, maintaining altitude with throttle. Then, as soon as I am about to cross the rend of the runway, I drop it in and roll it out...

[1bwana1]

The field I normally fly at is a little short, and has a number of high power lines right at the approach end of the field. The technique required to land is more like a carrier landing. You must stay above the wires until you are sure you have cleared them, and then drop the plane in. If your plane doesn't slow down easily, it can be a real challenge. These wires have eaten more than a few planes. When I travel to other fields landing seem easy!

[dubd]

Steve, sounds like your field is a bit hairy. We have trees at the right side of the runway that have caught quite a few planes. I clear the trees, descend, and then maintain positive aoa to slow it down.

[Cracky]

Well I FINALLY got to take the 260 out again. I met up with Jagerbomb and Greyhoundman last night after work. I put three flights on the 260. What an awesome flying plane. I'm going to have to re-learn how to fly now that the plane actually goes where I tell it to go. Now I won't have an excuse for flying bad. This plane is going to make me become a better pilot. I can't wait to get it out again. No landing issues at all this time. I adjusted my idle some more and she slows down just fine now.

[T. Bob]

Good news

[SleepyC]

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	Now I won't have an excuse for flying bad. This plane is going to make me become a better pilot.

HAHA Dave, I said the exact same line a few weeks back.
The plane flys so well, that it did make me a better pilot in a short 3 weeks. BUT, not when I maul a snap, of flop over on a rudder turn, there is only ME to blame.

But yea... very nice plane.

[JagerBomb]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Cracky
	Well I FINALLY got to take the 260 out again. I met up with Jagerbomb and Greyhoundman last night after work. I put three flights on the 260. What an awesome flying plane. I'm going to have to re-learn how to fly now that the plane actually goes where I tell it to go. Now I won't have an excuse for flying bad. This plane is going to make me become a better pilot. I can't wait to get it out again. No landing issues at all this time. I adjusted my idle some more and she slows down just fine now.

I had a great time hangin with Cracky. He even let me shag on her. I was very impressed with the way she flew. Everything I threw at her she performed easily. I even did a low energy broken chicken wing and it showed that it could be done smoothly. Cracky, you done good!