TigerTigerM Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 French freeware aircraft with an interesting history, recently released. Set out from Compton Abbas. Eventful departure. Despite brakes being off the aircraft wanted to pirouette on the left, [from behind], wheel. Resulting departure involved scrambling through long grass down the side of the Compton Abbas airfield & getting airborne just before a hedge. Fairly twitchy on the controls, I need to find a manual TTM About to depart Compton Abbas. Copious smoke. Airborne after coming down the slope to the right of the bare field. Regaining composure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Fine set of shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Splendid set there T! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBend91 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Nice shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Well, nice shots of Compton anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Good looking shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musterpilot Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Very nice shots John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Doesn't appear to have much rudder - a thought might be to position the nose about thirty degrees opposite the direction it swerves. When you open the throttle, it'll start to swing but, with any kind of luck, you'll be pointing right down the runway when it's ready to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 23 minutes ago, olderndirt said: Doesn't appear to have much rudder - a thought might be to position the nose about thirty degrees opposite the direction it swerves. When you open the throttle, it'll start to swing but, with any kind of luck, you'll be pointing right down the runway when it's ready to fly. Pointing at right angles more like it Rudder is scant for sure. TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJohnJohn Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 That's what happens when you pull out old birds from mothballs! Nice sets, and glad you kept your cool and got in the air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauriebe Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Lovely old bird TTM. Nice shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 9 hours ago, JohnnyJohnJohn said: That's what happens when you pull out old birds from mothballs! Nice sets, and glad you kept your cool and got in the air! JJJ The wing area is such that I think you could bungee launch it into a stiff breeze. As it was it was like a hang glider launch down the side of a hill. Would like to find some more liveries - when you read the Wikipedia data, it's amazing how many countries flew it. It even turned up in South America. TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Great shots and an interesting plane, TTM. From which site did you get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 hours ago, bernd1151 said: Great shots and an interesting plane, TTM. From which site did you get it? Good question. X-plane.org. Search the Downloads. TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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