Our daughter from England was here for a visit and I didn't get a chance to fly until today. I tweaked the power up a bit and put on 62 x .018 lines instead of the 63's. Today's short first flight was to see how the changes affected the flight and to time the laps. There is more line tension and 5.12/lap. I turned the timer up for a full pattern flight. Trying a full pattern after 3 short flights is something I've never had the courage to do before. I bench trimmed the plane as close to the other Nomads I've built so that may have stiffened my spine a bit. I had 2 more fully charged batteries { 3 more on order} and got in 2 full flights. The first had too much time and the second ran for 6 laps after the clover or 30 seconds less than the first full flight. I can't claim that it flew right off the board but it is as close as I can get it. I'll need a second set of eyes to check for other anomalies.
Your second set of eyes can be a video camera. Set up right it remembers everything, doesn't lie and can be replayed in slow motion. Do it twice. Once from the upwind judges position, camera at 5' and again from about 30 degrees to the side down wind with the camera at about 3' looking up. You get everything you need to know from the 2nd one (including how much control you are using if you have good slow-mo) except wing position in the overheads which is pretty clear in the 1st one. The 3' looking up lets you see the bottom of the plane in maneuvers.
Want some real fun, set it up zoomed in on you flying a pattern. You know all those things you swear you never do... Erase the video before anyone else see's it!
If you are already doing all of this - Never Mind.
I really like this ship. Hope you bring it to Dallas this year.
Ken
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