Gang of Mini Fliers,
Second days test flight report. Wind calm. temp 50 F.
30 ft lines. Engine needle set about 30 degrees rich from full out. Good steady run. Flight lap time very good, wife did not get a clocking. It looks like 30 foot lines are going to be the best. But I need to buy some of that Spider Wire (250 yd for $4.95)
as the cheep (400yd for $2.50) is about like flying using rubber bands for lines. The problem appears to be that when I would tell the IBTW to climb it would wait a quarter lap and then decide to comply. Same with telling it to go lower. A quarter lap later it would go into a dive and I did not have the quarter lap time to tell it to pull out!!
End result, broke my only 4.5D 2P cox .020 prop. I will have to cut down a APC 6 x 2 to 4.5 x 2 and bush the center hole a bunch. I think the IBTW Barnstormer will be a fun model to fly. With a new prop and 30 foot non stretching lines, it should do all right.
Richard, I did not try reversing the prop as I felt that it was doing good as is.
Hope to take it to the NATS for you guys to play with.
Clancy