78'' Extra

[hone]

Finally got to fly my Extra again, this time with the VVRC 40cc twin. I has more power than the stock OS33 but not as much as the 33 on the ES pipe. Very nice for the price point. Swinging a 21x8 gave REALLY good 3d performance and pull out but i wanted a little more top speed. I'll probably try a Vess 20B or Xoar 20x10 next. The 40cc twin is a very good match for this plane. If you want to upgrade from a 30cc engine i would go with the 40cc twin over a 33-35cc engine unless you plane on putting a pipe on the 33-35cc.

 

[dth7]

Finally got to fly my Extra again, this time with the VVRC 40cc twin. I has more power than the stock OS33 but not as much as the 33 on the ES pipe. Very nice for the price point. Swinging a 21x8 gave REALLY good 3d performance and pull out but i wanted a little more top speed. I'll probably try a Vess 20B or Xoar 20x10 next. The 40cc twin is a very good match for this plane. If you want to upgrade from a 30cc engine i would go with the 40cc twin over a 33-35cc engine unless you plane on putting a pipe on the 33-35cc.

Great to hear Joe. I've been on the road and haven't flown mine since the 21st where GHoffman, Enterprise and I had a blast. I hope to get out tomorrow morning and get some more breakin/ IMAC practice flights in.

 

[Enterprise]

Maybe before I take apart the Yak I will try the 20x10 Xoar laminated I bought just to get prop data.

 

[hone]

Well i hope you have as much fun tomorrow as i did today. It was great. I was the only one at the field, wind wasn't too bad, and i finally flew my favorite plane again. I can't wait to get a video with the twin on it. It sounds awesome

Now i need a pilot figure!

 

[hone]

Maybe before I take apart the Yak I will try the 20x10 Xoar laminated I bought just to get prop data.

That would be really awesome if you could do that! I'm pretty sure i read that you were swing a Vess 20B to 7200RPM? If so, that is what my 33 on the pipe was getting and i enjoyed the top end speed i had with that setup.

Now that the engine is starting easily i'm really liking it. I also really like how little i had to cut the cowl...it looks great. Half a gallon through it so far, hopefully it holds up. I put fuel through them fast so i'm sure i'll have a few gallons through it by the end of next month.

 

[Enterprise]

Since I want to sell the Yak airframe I have not wanted to fly it. I liked the Xoar 20B more, but that is probably because it gave me more pull out thrust. I hope to fly both days this weekend so I will try to get it out one of those times.

 

[hone]

Cool, looking forward to seeing what you get with that prop.

In other new, my OS repairs are finished. Not sure when it'll ship but they finished the work today. I'll keep it as a backup.

 

[dth7]

Well i hope you have as much fun tomorrow as i did today. It was great. I was the only one at the field, wind wasn't too bad, and i finally flew my favorite plane again. I can't wait to get a video with the twin on it. It sounds awesome

Now i need a pilot figure! View attachment 11781

Such a great flying site Joe! The 78 looks happy there!

 

[Feral]

Well i hope you have as much fun tomorrow as i did today. It was great. I was the only one at the field, wind wasn't too bad, and i finally flew my favorite plane again. I can't wait to get a video with the twin on it. It sounds awesome

Now i need a pilot figure! View attachment 11781

Gotta love the twins good to hear she's goin again mate

 

[hone]

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Gotta love the twins good to hear she's goin again mate

Thanks! The twin is definitely awesome. I love how it fills the cowl.

Such a great flying site Joe! The 78 looks happy there!

Thank you, my flying site is realoy nice to look at but kind of weird to fly at. Hills and powerlines everywhere that need to be avoided. It's interesting for sure.