Some hastily cobbled together video can be found here:

Performance Aircraft Unlimited - 30% Sukhoi, First Flights. (6 min 20 sec)

I put some music on it, Jeff was describing the Chapel show to me through a lot of the flying
It was overcast all day so the video didn't come out great, still worth watching though

Originally Posted by astrohog

Here's an in-flight photo thanks to JohnVH!!!

Astro

Wow....the planes color really "pops" on a hazy day! Looks good, are you going to a put a spinner on?

I'm going to go with the CF center bolt version instead of the Nolimitz

Decent Vid Chris......plane looks great.

Thanks, the next sunny day we're out I'll get some better footage.

I finished up my sim today no problem.......later today I'll be back at work on the Su

Nice video, Chris! Good to see a couple maneuvers in there that I forgot to include in my video. Looks like the DL has plenty of pull for your machine!

Thanks Ryan, yeah there's a bunch of stuff I wanted to do, but I want the engine broken in before I try 'em

A few things I forgot to mention. In the video you can see the Sukhoi can fly a wicked cool knife edge. I was amazed to see that this plane needed no aileron mixing at all, zero. It only required 10% elevator mixing to stop it tucking to the belly slightly. Awesome!

This plane is great....

So far:

MT-57
DA-50
XYZ-50
DL-50

All look to be doing a great job. I can't wait to get my 3W55 in the mix.

What prop does your 3W swing, Sam? Think you could turn a 24x8 with it?

Maybe.....It's going to break in on the 23x8 Pau. We'll see from there.

Wow....the planes color really "pops" on a hazy day!

haha!! Yes it does! Now that I know she is worthy, I will install Svetlana this week as the cockpit looked awful empty in that pic!

I am waiting for the white NoLimitz spinners to arrive!

Regards,

Astrohog

Originally Posted by CSpaced

Some hastily cobbled together video can be found here:

http://www.vimeo.com/3144172

I put some music on it, Jeff was describing the Chapel show to me through a lot of the flying
It was overcast all day so the video didn't come out great, still worth watching though

One of the best stories ever told. http://www.pp2g.tv/vYHFxZHY_.aspx

I got a chance to fly the Sukoi for a few minutes. I'm just a hack pilot, but I really liked it. Felt light and tracked really well. This thing lands itself. I think you could line it up, set it to idle, set the transmitter down and the plane would grease itself in. It's got me eyeing my MasterCard right now...

I bite the bullet the day after I flew Ryan's.

Its very Scale looking and flies great as well. Maybe one day I'll learn 3-D with it..........ok, who am I kidding, I'll never learn to 3-D

If you are going to learn 3D, this is a good plane to do it with. Super stable harriers, lots of rudder authority for trying to learn torque rolls and hovering, and massive ailerons allow you to stop the torque rolling when hovering and make for easier rolling harriers.