hi guys ,
maidened my Tony Nijhuis harvard on the slope yesterday at T.T. winds were 17 gusting 22mph
the story :
a few years ago i got the tony nihjhuis harvard kit it was a part kit and unfortunately was mostly made of light ply ,
flying it on the home patch on i.c. was VERY challenging , it had the same tendency to do what the fullsize did (try very hard to kill the pilot )
even though when i was bulding it i extended the wing by 6 inches hoping it would improve it , unfortunately no .
so it gave a while on the rack , and i became interested in P.S.S. ,
then an idea crept into my head (why not pss , so whipped out the engine , whipped out the retracts , made a battery box ahead of the firewall and bolted 2 pounds of lead to balance it , and made a foam spinner to break up the flat plate on the cowl .
chucked it off , oh my god !!!!! suprised wasnt the word , flew really well , even though i did notice the wing dropping tendency was still there , and so she needed to fly with purpose all the time ,
i dont know what wing section is on it , but its a semi semetrical wing
the pic of the 2 small pss`ers are a p40 and a 50 inch hawker hurricane
jus another ider of potential pss gliders for ye , cheers
