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Flying the Bristell

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  1. alexm

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    Neat looking airplane. While the glass looks great, I love all the dials on the right side.
     
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    I like it. Is this aerobatic?

    If so, maybe some would like to set up the flight instruments on the right so you would have a left hand throttle.
     
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    What did you think of it? How does it compare to the competition? It's a fine looking plane and I'm very tempted...
     
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  5. alexm

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    Interesting you say that.. I loved the multi function programmable display on the left side!

    I don't believe it's an aerobatic design as such.. but it's nice looking plane.. and the colour scheme works well, a nice metal flake silver.

    I flew with left hand on stick and right hand throttle.. I'm right handed and very limited experience is this an unusual setup? or aerobatics require things the other way around?

    The Jabiru I flew later that day was the opposite I flew central dual controls right handed and it has left hand push-pull throttle.. I felt comfortable with both aircraft and didn't bother me either way.

    I have very limited experience and I'm not sure what I can compare it to!

    I found it very responsive and and vice free as a beginner.. weather that day was steady light wind with some storms about.

    Visibility up and around from the cockpit is excellent.. we are in our mid-winter now (which for us is mild compared to your way!) so I'm guessing it might get hot in summer, or you might even want a cap! but plenty of ventilation options.

    I'm not sure of what other customisation my mate did (they already had a non-factory motor in and article being written on it) but he said the nappa leather seats were from a BMW! Not sure how you still get the stick in the centre all done neatly but it had that "new car smell" in the cockpit and was great lol.

    All in all it felt like it was a great plane but I can only give my impressions from my limited experience!
     
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    The traditional way for aerobatics was stick in the right hand and throttle in the left. I don't know, but I would assume even left-handed pilots adjusted to this.

    I know of a number of the old SF-260 Marchetti planes that were flown from right seat because of this. And those planes had a constant speed prop - which this apparently does not. A fixed pitch prop on an aero plane is going to need a lot of throttle adjustment to avoid overspeeding the engine.

    Of course, if it is not for aero, but used as transportation - this is probably not an issue. Most pilots fly left hand on yoke and right hand for throttles that way.
     
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    From my own viewpoint I think that this appears to be a well done and, most of all, a sensible airplane. Universal head rivets and aluminum, constant chord wing, and a moderation in everything. Flush rivets don't give you anything below 300 MPH, constant chord wing is easy to build and appropriate for the speed and use of the airplane, tricycle gear is easy for all pilots, canopy offers good visibility, and the panel looks to be well done. I'll admit that I am not up to speed on the glass stuff but it looks like it is done okay. I would like to fly it.
     
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    It reminds me a little of a French two-seater that I had a chance to fly in the 1980s - the Robain Sport (Robin).

    Bubble canopy, control sticks, and capable of mild aerobatics.
     
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