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Originally Posted by Krystal n chips
"Mixed feelings " summates maintaining the Jag perfectly.

On the Line, very easy and somebody had obviously given some thought to access...the brake unit held on by a circlip was innovative shall we say, however, a wheel or brake change wasn't that simple due to no jacking points on the u/c. which tended to be time consuming Another little quirk was having to rotate the engine, mid lift in / out, which I never really felt comfortable with and, strangely, the very slender cable when doing a battery change.

For 2nd line, or Depth as its now kindly referred to, fuel tank access was "difficult "....however, a special, very special mention, goes to whoever decided it would be a terribly good idea to provide the titanium heat shields...., without pilot holes and oversized.!

Found the back seat rides to be very comfortable and stable at LL when flying in what would be termed " a good gliding day " conditions.

Overall, the Jag was a winner.
Originally Posted by NutLoose
Raf T bird spinning at 1:30 ish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycJ1m0PRYEM
French Prototypes spinning during the high alpha depart trials by the manufacturers. Single seat is M05 (not fuel, is the smoke from the smoke generator for tracking) and Cockpit is Tim Ferguson in E02.
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