650HP Mazda  turbo two rotor. Aircraft weight 1175 pounds. engine
 weight under 200 pounds.

 First flight at SZP. Santa Paula California.

 More GoPro videos later.

 Paul Lamar

 Congratulations! Well done!

 Craig Spirko

 Thanks Craig,

 Here is the landing. In fact that turned out to be the hardest to do
 as when you kill the power the huge prop blanks the tail surfaces
 and you lose elevator authority.

 BTW here is our new tail wheel made from a skate board wheel.

 Paul Lamar

Paul,
That landing looked pretty smooth even with the issue. How did the controls feel other than that?
Great job today.
Ray Hellstrom

Dan says it is fun to fly. It has a better power to weight ratio than any World War II fighter
plane including the P51 and Spitfire. They had 1500 HP and weighed about 7,500 pounds
empty (P51).   The Spitfire was 4500 pounds empty.

We have almost half the HP and weigh only 1000 pounds.

Dan say's when you poor a little power to it the nose points to the stars.


Paul Lamar

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