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IMAC PAU Extra Build 105" assembly

Rusty 73

100cc
We don't have Sunoco fuels in Western Canada i which we had more choice . I'm getting over charge for the 5 gallons thats only $55 us , with exchange it should be $85 Canadian but seeings how VP is the only race fuel up here I'm paying $115 for five gallons , way too much mark up but they are the only players here.:(
 

Snoopy1

640cc Uber Pimp
Unfortunately Sunoco left Canada a few years back. All the gas stations closed and were sold off that was big loss for us. But thanks for the help.
 

Rusty 73

100cc
Good news got the DA 120 up and running well the low needle is 1-1/4 high is 1-5/8 . :)

Transistion is smooth with very little to no burbling in the mid range and doesn't fall off at the high end .:big-grin:

Turning a Biela 27x12 three blade carbon propellor
 
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Rusty 73

100cc
Maiden flight update

After along wait for weather and other live stuff the maiden finally got done today .:banana-dance:
It was 22 c with overcast skys and wind about 10 kmh , perfect conditions
Test ran up the engine and adjusted the needles a 1/16 out on the top, 1 3/8, and on the LHN 1/16 out to 1 3/4.
Range tested the receiver , all was good, checked the the dual rates setting at for low rates on elevator and Ailerons.

So before the maiden flight I it took some pictures with my Nikon camera.
I know some guys are a little superstitious about taken photos before the maiden flight anyway i snapped a few photos.



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So I taxied out to the flight line checked flight controls and accelerated to 3/4 throttle , well the plane leap off the ground within 80 feet flying straight and accelatoring fast. I had to trim in seven clicks of right aileron and two clicks of up elevator for level flight .
The response is it was very precise and crisp with the aileron rolls , great feel of pointing and the plane sticks in that heading :too-cool:
First flight was only five to six minutes , forgot to turn on the timer oops,
First attempted landing i just lined up the runway and it tracked beautifully and predicably with a gradually decent and greased her down . :trance:
Very nice and smooth just a few hops at the end as i tried turning her before she was ready , nothing major just some excitement at the end.

After a quick inspection inside the fuse to check if anything was loose or coming apart i buttoned the canopy back down
checked all the control surfaces and linkage and fueled up the DA 120.
I waited a half hour for the grey rain clouds to leave then fired her back up .

That 120 starts up great, it fires up on third flip after the choke is off ,:love: i'm finding it alot easier to start than my DA 60 :mad: which is in my bad books as of now.
Taxied her out , and this time started the timer rolled up the throttle and like a shoot she was off flying and pulling up into the heavens .
Amazing how much power those pipes produce :) and very smoothly too, thanks Dave Sullivan for all your advise.
Now i started to fine out how smooth and exact this plane is , it tracks very straight and true , a couple of Knife edges and it hold very well in the grove .
This Extra doesn't have bad flight charactistics and has now is teaching me how well it can perform the intermediate iMac sequence .
This is something I have been waiting of this for some time a true iMac Aircraft :mario-banana:
Really i'm very satisfy with the performance this PAU EXTRA 330sc , well worth it:fist_pump:


Lots of bugs up there today , bug guts on the prop ;):too-cool:
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Luchnia

70cc twin V2
The feeling of a successful maiden is not easily explained, but one thing is for sure most guys are extremely happy and content when that occurs and now can come the flying time.

I cannot imagine anyone that would not hope for a good maiden, unless of course they are try to destroy a plane for the fun of it. I remember two guys out playing one day with those small glow streamer planes and they tried for several hours to hit one another in the air and they never could do it! It was wild to watch those two.
 
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