posted 11-24- 10:50 AM               

Unfortunately, the engineers failed to compensate for the heavier engines and fuel load that was added later in the development, so I found myself slding up a hill a lot after not being able to take off at all. At first, the engineers though it was because the nose wasn't being lifted up due to a failure in the left side elevator. They fixed the rudder, nose gear, and elevator just in time to have one more flight that week.

I revved the engines up, let up on my toe brakes and gave her a SDOE notch of flaps and let the plane rip down the runway. I at about 60mph I found that the nose gear had lifted off the runway, and a nasty pull to the right was underway. I found myself once again pushing instead of pulling back on a stick in order to get the B-25 to stay on the strip.

Under control, I started my hard pulling on the yolk to get more than just the nose gear up, this time I wanted the whole enchellada. I wanted too much, once again, the engineers missed the mark and I ended up eating cow salad as a result of another crash.

Careful re-examination of the wings revealed that they just didn't have enough area. An improvisional tweak (the size they should be still need to be calculated) to the area and the prototype was ready to go again in 2 weeks. Even better, a new technique for take off has been hashed out to compensate for the right turn induced during take-off.

I climbed in, after skipping breakfast this time, and fired up the engines, gave the bird a SDOE flap notch. I throttled them back, after realizing one of the engineers had used the throttles for a seat and had them at 100%. I released the toe break, and slowly increased throttle to 60%, following along with the new list. At 60mph, I increased the throttle to 60%, and adjust for the slight right turn the plane wanted to do. At 110mph, I gently pulled back on the stick and watch the tail drop slightly, and the nose rose up gently. At 125 mph, I tossed on full throttle and watch the plane lift off the runway, loaded with the Mosquito's Heavy Bomb and Rocket loadout.