Project 40% Extra

JTEC Radiowave Extra 300L

I will be competing in IMAC this year
(2009) and wanted to fly a 40% airframe.
Thanks to my good friend Cam, he found
this incredible bird for sale on RC Universe.
Just so happened I was in the area where
the aircraft was on business and was able
to drop by and check the model out for
myself. It was so nice I could not pass it
up. I purchased the JTEC Extra pretty
much ready to fly and brought it back
home to the Team Kennedy shop. I went
through the airframe from nose to tail as
you will see here and the result is a
beautiful Team Kennedy Extra ready for
competition.

2/15/09 Maiden flight

First take off, plane needed very little trim. My good friend Cameron made
the first couple of flights checking out what we might need to do in the way
of trim or mix. We determined that I needed to shift as much weight
forward as we could.

When placing the aircraft in a inverted 45 degree it wanted to climb to the
belly.
Also noticed on the first flight that the rudder seemed very non responsive.
When we landed and started checking things out found that one of the two
JR 8611 servos had died. This meant that only one servo was working that
huge rudder. (Not Good). Cameron ran back to his shop and brought back
another 8611 and I changed it out. This was much better.

I put a few more flights on the plane working on touch and go's. This
airplane flys very stable and graceful.

I packed up and headed her back to the hanger to start moving the weight
forward.

As of end of June 2009 I have competed in two IMAC contests. I am really
enjoying the competition. I placed 4th in Williamson GA. and placed 6th at the
recent contest at my home field GMA. Below are a few pictures complements of
Jerry Smith taken at the most recent contest.

Have to give special thanks to Monty at Planewrappers.com If you don't have
one of these fantastic covers you need one. He even designed me a Team
Kennedy scheme cover. Great work Monty... Thanks