"Poland is Not Yet Lost" - Flight Testing PZL
Monday April 22 brought "warm enough" and "calm enough" conditions for members Jim R. and Steve B. to do some flight testing. Jim did well enough with his upgraded UMX Waco (3S instead of 2S power). But when everything is set up at the factory and you can launch in SAFE mode it shouldn't be challenging for an experienced flier. The scratchbuilt PZL P-11c was another story. It took off easily enough, but the trim seemed ineffective. After landing Jim figured out his transmitter didn't switch to "cross trim" when he thought it did, and he was putting in rudder trim instead of aileron. The first landing was way too fast. The plane didn't seem to want to slow down, and Jim forced it on well above stall speed. The result was a nice somersault (first picture). Jim fixed the trim settings, made sure there was no damage, then took off for the second flight. All went well until time to land. Even after a practice approach the plane just didn'
