:yickes: TRIPLE BEAST :yickes: SINGLE engine test flight . Sat. June 16th . 145'' & a ROSSI .45 Will it fly ???? Webra is back ordered on .55 engines until july 1st. :ouch: The three engine version will not fly for Armageddon :crying: :wub: :angry:

:P

Robert, are you saying that one third of the :yickes: TRIPLE BEAST :yickes: will fly, or do you mean that all three thirds of the :yickes: TRIPLE BEAST :yickes: will fly with only the middle engine? :huh:

I can't wait to see this! :hyper:

:D One wing 145" , one fuse in the middle w/ Rossi .45 . :yickes: I also have 40" wing.

:o Holy crap! :yickes:

Will there be little wheels at the wing tips to keep them from scraping during takeoff and landing?Like they had on the U-2) :lol:

I hope your spar won't go limp... :rolleyes:

WHEELS, what wheels :yickes: HAND LAUNCH :yickes: I gave the spar some :rolleyes: carbon fiber viagra. :rolleyes:

ought to be interesting :thumbup: i want to see how the hand launch works out :yickes:

I cant watch......Yikes---watch your heads.ahahahahahhahahh :hysterical: kenny

I knew the :yickes: TRIPLE BEAST :yickes: was going to be special when I saw the 12 ft. wing. I mean, who transports a wing that's so iong it requires a red rag to keep tail gaters at a distance?...


There were some problems keeping the Rossi running, but finally it was a go...


Robert's handlaunch was powerful yet graceful... He ran with the wing, then slowed down and almost stopped once ("chunkus interuptus"...) when the plane turned down and he had to realign it, but then he kept running and finally threw it...


I was surprised how well it flew, but the legendary Rossi engine was just not up to it. I tried to gain altitude, but it was slooooow going. Everyone wanted me to turn left, as I was going farther and farther south, but I knew that if I turned the :yickes: TRIPLE BEAST :yickes: at that low an altitude it would just spin into the ground.

So I kept trying to climb, but finally the nose weight (about 6 inches of lead strapped on with rubber bands) flew off. The plane, now grossly tail-heavy, flipped backwards on itself and went down. It crashed...

Not much damage. The wing was fine. The propeller broke. And the engine mount came loose.
With minor modifications it should fly even better tomorrow...

Yes Sir! The :yickes: TRIPLE BEAST :yickes: actually flew!

:D AND a Webra .55 :D

Hey Robert,go to spadworld supporting home and go to SPADFEST and look at the photos also look at the place where FEST took place.there are some shots of a
car flying and a triple and a double.these are some super looking planes.i did put
your info on there(what I could).Talk at ya later-kenny :thumbup:

Hey robert also check out on the same forum-go to new exprimentals section and
look at the "capricorn".Its a Boat,car and plane.No I aint drinking. :hysterical: kenny