flight
i dragged g and the beautiful and talented alisa to the park this weekend to fly my plane. there were cones set up in the outfield and softball players were starting to show up. but we had 20 minutes. i let g fly once. he landed upside down on the infield. oops. most of my flights went straight away and landed. i was practicing landings. after most of which the plane was right side up. so like success! alisa suggested i try landing when the plane is coming at me. i think they were tired of walking across the park to fetch the plane. so they stayed where they were. and i marched off. it landed. in one piece. mostly. by the end of the day we had lost two wheels and the elevator had a new crease. it was still quite nose heavy. i built a little harness for the battery pack mostly under the wings. i also adjusted the elevator trim to a more neutral position. i'll try adding some weight to the tail. during the last rebuild i moved the control rods from the center hole to the outer hole. in theory this gives the controls more throw. but i didn't really notice much difference. the other mod was to cut most of the way through the laminate and styrofoam between the control surfaces and the wings. then re-strengthened the connection with packing tape. again, didn't notice much difference in performance. anywho, looking forward to the next flight. not at all sad that there are no major repairs to make.