BJ Craft Epilogue ARC status

The Epilogue was ready-to-fly back in March of this year.  Since the EPIC Evo and Invitation G2 I have been flying so well that I was in no hurry to maiden the Epilogue.  However, at my club’s annual pattern event held in early May, an FAI competitor flew a stock color scheme Epilogue.  I was blown away by how it performed which motivated me to get mine in the air.

 The following Monday after the contest I maiden my Epilogue.  As a starting point I applied for the radio program I use for the EPIC E.  Since both planes are powered by a Hacker C54/D3 combo I also applied the same RPM per flight condition and throttle curves.  Within a dozen or so flights and a few tweaks to the radio program and a couple of prop changes, I was feeling very comfortable flying the 2022-23 Masters sequence which is unusual for me.

 Likes:

·        The ARC kit quality.  It took minimal effort to prep surfaces for covering and painting

·        Positive and negative snaps, present a break, rotates quickly, and stops immediately enabling the plane to stay on-line

·        Cross-wind tracking

·        Speed management

·        Finished flying weight

·        Access to internal equipment thru canopy opening

Dislikes:

·        Landing gear supplied with kit, it’s heavy and stiff (substituted PT non-swept)

·        Condition of the factory added nose ring to change thrust arrangement 

This past weekend I competed with the Epilogue. It flew flawlessly.  I receive many compliments on my flying which I attribute to the Epilogue. I was fortunate to come away with a win even though I seem to have trouble counting the correct number of revolutions of the 3-turn spin 😊.

Jetero Contest Results