Avistar Maiden

[coougarr]

Well I’ve been flying the super cub for about 2 months now and I have been considering upgrading to ailerons. The other day I was in my LHS and someone was selling a brand new Hobbico Avistar nitro for a very good deal, so I decided to buy it. I had a instructor lined up for Saturday to maiden but when I got to the field it was way to windy to maiden my new plane.
I’ve got some land that I live on so yesterday I mowed a grass runway and decided to take the avistar out and do some taxing to get used to the nitro and new controls. I taxied, then fast taxied, then before I could talk myself out of it I was in the air. Wow! What a great flight. I flew for about 5 minutes then landed back on my grass runway. Took it up for one more 5 minute flight did some inverted flight a few rolls, and then landed successfully. What a great afternoon.
Jonathan

[frazer1981]

Fantastic! We all get that feeling of 'ill wait as i know i shouldnt' But then we do it anyway!!

It looks like a nice plane, how different was it to flying the SC?

[coougarr]

For me it was easier to control having the ailerons but much much much faster than the super cub. Even at 1/2 throttle it felt like I was flying a jet! Lots of fun though.

[frazer1981]

Brilliant, It looks like the sort of plane i would like to upgrade to next! Was it fairly cheap, including tx etc?

[coougarr]

Actually very reasonable new. Comes with everything you need (motor, tx, etc...) Here is a link


www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMU53**&P=7

You willl have to copy and paste the link. I can't get the whole link to be clickable. Maybe one of the moderators will fix it.

[SCC]

Tried to sort link but no go. ''Invalid stock number''

Nice looking plane you have there coougarr.

[mrmugen]

www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXPY56&P=ML

Try this one.

[frazer1981]

I t would be good too see some pics of your new plane in flight and on your new runway!!

[flyinghigh]

Looks great! Is this your first nitro? How do you like nitro?

[coougarr]

Thanks mrmugen, I don't know why the rtf link won't work.

frazer, I told my wife I wasn't going to fly so she wasn't there with the camera. I wish I had taken some pics now though. I'll have to get some of my new runway. Turned out pretty good

flyinghigh, Yes my first nitro and aileron. I love the nitro. Kinda crazy for me to learn ailerons on a plane twice as big as the super cub and 10 times as fast. Oh well it worked out ok ;D

[frazer1981]

I guess your like the john travolta of Super Cub Club..what with having a runway in your garden!! Is the nitro cheap and readily availiable

[coougarr]

frazer1981 said:

I guess your like the john travolta of Super Cub Club..what with having a runway in your garden!!

;D

Now I just need to put up a wind sock and paint some numbers at the end of my runway

I paid $15 for a gallon of fuel (15% nitro) You can get it for as cheap as $5 but a gallon goes a long way so I paid a little extra for the better fuel

[mrmugen]

So glad you like it man! I did the same with mine...didn't wait for a coach...lol. Mine landed ok too. Can't wait to see pics of your strip! Sounds like you got er made!

[higbe33]

This is my dream for a next plane and I think the two planes are related. :-)

www.hobbico.com:80/airplanes/hcaa12.html

Wish they had a foam version however. A bit pricey for my flying abilities right now, but can still dream. Good luck and looking forward to your pictures.

Hig

[sb352]

coogarr , What did you use for your runway ? Did you use base ,asphalt or millings? The reason I am asking is I'm gonna put a runway in on my place also , just looking for different options . Definetly post some pics. Just ordered a T28 and the costal grass in the field might not be "nose wheel friendly"