I’ve been flying my giant Pitts S-2S for some time now, and I’ve now put twenty flights on it. I’m still getting everything fine tuned and think it’s still very slightly nose heavy. Despite this small issue, it’s already capable of a very clean looking inverted flat spin. The first time I performed a flat spin in my practice routine there were quite a few spectators in the bleachers. I actually heard a few audible gasps coming from the crowd. Of course, I had the smoke system turned on. The smoke trail really highlights just how flat of a spin this aircraft is capable of. I believe I may have a small decalage or incidence issue as well. It seems to pull to the gear very slightly in a power off vertical downline, which would indicate too much incidence. I’ll get that adjusted right out.
At this time I am practicing an airshow routine flown by Al Hauff in his pitts. With this routine precision is key. I still have a few coupling issues to work out with my 33% pitts. Anybody else would probably say it’s fine, but I have a curse called attention to detail. Some people say that’s good, but I consider it a curse at times since it can cause you to never quite feel satisfied. Here’s a video of the performance I’m basing my routine from.
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