Dr. Looping Looie
Elite member
Allright, after a little more testing, I can defenitly say that the stuff with super stability and self-leveling is kindof true. First, I tested out some aerobatics. It does roll pretty well and fast, especially on high rates, you can pretty much do two rolls in one second. But the slower you roll it, the more it gets into a berral roll. Loopings are also doable, but you need to keep your airspeed up, because it doesnt like the part where its inverted. It really doesnt like inverted overall, which is interesting, because it kinda fits to the self-leveling thing. However, I havnt tested if it really does self-leveling without control input. But I think it has the characteristics of a great beginner jet: not too fast, no stalling, great visibility and easy to handle on low rates. And it is controllable at any elevator position.
Next thing: at the beginning, I build little test glider out of paper, which performed really nice landings. So what I did was switching to high rates, flying high up and cutting throttle while pulling the elevator all the way back. And what it did was similar to the gliders or the elevator mode from the FT Long EZ video, If anyone remembers. But the coolest part was that it was still fully controllable! And I could easily come back to normal flying instantly by applying throttle. I didnt try to land it like this, but I might try soon.
And the prop is high enough over the ground to allow ground take-off, which Im going to try tomorrow. The prop ground clearence is exactly the same as on the UMX Aero Commander.
Next thing: at the beginning, I build little test glider out of paper, which performed really nice landings. So what I did was switching to high rates, flying high up and cutting throttle while pulling the elevator all the way back. And what it did was similar to the gliders or the elevator mode from the FT Long EZ video, If anyone remembers. But the coolest part was that it was still fully controllable! And I could easily come back to normal flying instantly by applying throttle. I didnt try to land it like this, but I might try soon.
And the prop is high enough over the ground to allow ground take-off, which Im going to try tomorrow. The prop ground clearence is exactly the same as on the UMX Aero Commander.