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THINKING BIG

PHOTOS BY GERRY YARRISH & PETE HALL Successful Flight Testing Avoid 3 major pitfalls when you test-fly your big birds With its nose up and its engine at full power, this Great Planes Stearman PT-17 is at a critical moment during its first takeoff. If the engine is too lean and sags, there's no place to go but down. RRECENTLY I BUMPED INTO Model Airplane News contributor and ìScale Techniquesî columnist George Leu, and we...

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