G'day Roger,
Thanks for your reply. I'll let you know how she goes. I flew it for a few hours in OKC when Don Nieser and I did some test flying on it. She seemed to go well, although a little slower than I expected.
The G500 worked well and so did the STEC autopilot. It flew a GPS RNAV approach nicely without any pilot input, except for the power change to start the descent.
Is your machine an actual O-2 or a C337 that's painted up as an O-2?
It's interesting that you should speak about that book after seeing my avatar. I created that design as part of the marketing for the aircraft (eg at airshows, stickers, t-shirts, caps, etc) and AussieO2, a member of this forum, provided me with some history on my aircraft beyond that which Don had. It turns out my machine was flown by the 21st TASS whos motto was... Wait for it... "HIT MY SMOKE!" Amazing coincidence, huh? I was under the impression that the aircraft remained 'Stateside' during the VN war only to find out that the 21st TASS had it on their charge.
Cheers
Conway
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