*** Andy Steere's EQUALIZER BIPLANE ***

These are pictures and movies of the EQUALIZER BIPLANE in flight... and will get updated from time to time. In order from oldest to newest, top to bottom.

Click on the number below each image for a larger version of the picture (larger number, larger version of the picture)

2816 1024 640 - 11/19/2006 - Me and my Equalizer	2816 1024 640 -	2816 1024 640 -
2816 1024 640 - Install battery...	2816 1024 640 - Range test... and go fly!	2816 1024 640 - Decided to try a normal takeoff.
2816 1024 640 - Worked fine. :-)	2816 1024 640 - Required some right rudder trim,	2816 1024 640 - but no other trimming.
2816 1024 640 - Back mostly in one piece.	2816 1024 640 - Pushed a landing gear through the foam.	2816 1024 640 - Easy fix. Ready for indoors!

MOVIE CLIPS

(These movies were produced using Microsoft Movie Maker. The 320x240 size will run better on slower computers or those with limited bandwidth for downloading. Most of the movies are also available in 640x480 resolution, when the original was taken in that size on the Canon S3 IS digital camera. I usually recommend right-clicking on the link, choose save to disk, and play the video ouside the browser.)

11/19/2006 - Maiden flight of the Equalizer. I decided to do the first flight outdoors. A little windier than I would prefer (5-8mph), but the equalizer handled it fine. This is a strange flying plane compared to most others. Rolling it over 45 degrees and pulling up elevator will make most planes turn. Not this one... at least not in a breeze. To do a normal non-rudder turn required rolling it all the way over to knife-edge, then pulling up elevator. Otherwise some rudder is required. Good news is the equalizer loves knife edge flight almost as much as upright or inverted. Little or no rudder was required to maintain altitude. It was a little tail heavy, requiring no down elevator for level inverted flight. Speaking of the rudder... it is VERY effective! I should have not taken back off again after the first landing... the second landing was a little bumpier and I pushed a landing gear rod through the fuselage. Easy fix... and it's ready for the indoor season.
5:12 minutes (320x240 - 11.6MB) (640x480 - 24.5MB)

02/17/2007 - Indoors at the JCRC event on February 17th, 2007. This is the easiest to harrier airplane I've ever flown. It has some wing rock at some attitudes... but you simply pull a little more up elevator and it goes away.
4:53 minutes (320x240 - 16.2MB) (640x480 - 37.4MB)

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Last modified on 06/06/2007