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Yesterday with the wind chill making it about freezing, I first got out with the new bird. All my throws were excessive and there was too much Flap-Elev comp. I did get it balanced and stab neutral set. The line got wrapped around a wing on tow release and a few little things got dinged on the last landing. Back home I regrouped and hoped for a warmer day. Today it was 55, totally overcast with ominous gray clouds threatening rain and a lovely, steady 18-22 MPH wind blowing the right direction. . . . PERFECT FOR SERIOUS TESTING! Using the 100 ft. Aerofoam 3/8� rubber with 1/8� walls on 600 feet of line, I pulled the high-start back 100 paces and gave the bird a mightly heave. Aahhh. . .straight up, nice and steady to 600 feet or so. The wind was strong enough to kite the ship, so a bit more altitude was gained before nosing over and diving off under tension at high speed. . . my favorite launching conditions for sport flying. You can peel off right or left at right angles to the wind direction and just go and go, then work back and forth maintaining altitude. What can I say? The ship tows fast, steep and steady, does a great zoom, penetrates well to cover a lot of ground and just behaves and responds beautifully. The glide is flat, the flaps slow it down well for landing and the ailerons work well to keep it on track. It does extremely tight turns and will readily fly inverted after intentionally giving full down elevator to tuck it under. Only cost me about $275 to build. This is the first open class 6 servo ship I�ve ever had under 4 pounds. Nothing flimsy here. Those full carbon skinned wing sections are stiff like boards! I can�t wait to get it on a �Real Balls� winch for �pedal to the metal� launches and zooms. Picture anyone? Just ask. More info? Ask me for the doc �Is a Genie Right for You? Let�s get serious guys. With the flying winding down, its time to plan for 2004. $275 or so for a GENIE or GENIE LT/S with plans, cores, construction CD with text and pic. Or, fritter away another $700 or more on top of that for some perishible ARF? Decisions, Decisions. but I got tangled in the high-start chute, but got |
