Walter, I have been flying a Hobie for 7 years, and have seen them fly for over 25 years. I know the current manufacturer. I fly my Hobie on the slope alot and while it can fly inverted, the curved wings make it hard to keep inverted due to the normal tendency of the plane to do alot of wobbling and rolling out. I can barrel roll it, with full throws, but inverted not much. I have clipped the wings, removing 3 bays, and this makes the plane more manageable, but it still does the wobbling. If the wings are true, with washout as described in the manual, the plane will fly and turn extremely well. One tendency may pilots have is to bang the stick to the side and release it to get the plane to turn. This is one plane where small sustained control inputs makes the plane not wobble. Now everyone on RCSE may say you need to add fin area, but this is a misnomer. If the plane is set up the way the plans say, the ship is fine. I fly mine with more noseweight because when I try to slow it down, it will tip stall. Then its three spins before the pull out. Moving the CG back will make the stall happen more often because you are flying it at the edge. The weight of the wing panels is probably the problem. \ Sloping the ship is great as that is what it was made for. I have flown mine at Visalia during the Fall fest and while the big ships are just floating , the Hobie will circle up thru them. One time I banked into a thermal then spent all my time trying to level the plane out while going up fast amist the composite ships which where just maintaining. Good Luck. Chris Adams http://www.scrollsander.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
