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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Yes, I remember that - I was there as well. What a treat to see it fly. I believe it was Delmar Benjamin, wasn't it? I think his version of this airplane corrected many of the dangerous aerodynamic faults of the originals. Even so, he retired it after flying it for what seemed like a kind of short period of time.
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Nope.
He was insistant on having it made as original as possible, and flying it as such.
A lot of the issues were pilots trying to land it in the wrong way, keeping the nose at the wrong angle.
Or, similar for take off.
Low hours in type yet competing in races.
Delmar liked the way the plane flew.
It was a busy plane on the rudders.
Coming in for a landing was the tough part as it had to come in nose high.
Nose high in such a short and thic taildragger makes for extra tough landing visibility.