Got 'er covered...
Test tosses went fine today, so I strapped on the camera and tried it on the hi-start. It was pretty windy today, so I had to wait until dusk for some calm weather.
I had time for 2 hi-start launches. The launch hook is further aft than I'm used to, and I haven't hi-started a glider in 15 years or so, so I ended up stalling it a bit on each launch. First launch was up to around 300', second was about 400'. I should be able to get close to 500' on a perfect launch.
It flies great! My only complaint is that there's some definite adverse yaw effect. When I came back inside (I flew in my back yard), I read the directions on this new-fangled radio and found out I can mix the rudder to slave off of the ailerons, so that should cure it! It's just a matter of figuring out how much rudder to tie in with the ailerons. I'm trying 59% rudder tied to 100% ailerons for now, we'll see how she goes. With the on-board camera I can review the films later to see whether that's too much or too little I think.
No lift tonight, it was actually getting kind of dark at the end. I was chicken to try it in the wind with so little recent experience, new plane, etc...
