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Sean:
Fred
Re the Me 109.
Should have watched my balance a bit better, and not copied your servo position! A bit tail heavy, have to add a bit of lead to the nose ( aaaaah! ) . Overall a heavy build?? Will just have to build the next one lighter. All done now, just waiting on the weather. Radio all programmed to the last.
Can't wait to chuck it and see what happens?
Seán

Fred:
Cool Sean, first flight soon !  :D

No worries, the weight is far from being critical.
Had to put lead on the nose too on the P51, but it's still really light, and I flew thermals with it...
Too light is not good either  :wink:

haydenc:
:lol: Right I am ready to go public.
Have flown the Stargazer on 6 separate days in all sorts of wind.
The last day Wednesday, was on the top of Clogher head in Co. Louth.
a beautiful south and east facing hill. After what i got back from the board in the way of flyable wind strength I had a go in a 25 gusting 35 mph wind.
It was exciting. boy did the glider climb. i had to hold in forward stick to stop it going backwards. I only saw the underside of the model. It all happened so quickly.
I moved it left and then right and it was extremely stable, once I kept the stick well forward.
I landed it by easing forward on the stick and letting it slowly nose down into the grass beside me.
All was well so, after a drink of water, I said  I AM ABLE to fly in this wind
I had a second flight. this time a bit longer. maybe this one lasted 3 minutes.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Again it was only MAGIC.
But I knew it was all way above my comfort level.
But i still have an unbroken glider.
To be honest i will probably never fly in that strong a wind again.
So
Where can I drive to to meet other Flyers.
I have all day tomorrow to myself and my glider.
Not a lot of wind forecast.
Anyone want to give a novice pointers
Like, dont ever try to fly in 25/35 mph winds again.
And thanks again for all he encouragement so far.
Cha

cvanscho:
Hey, NOW your'e getting it :clap: !

Happy Days:
Life's boring in the comfort zone. Push the envelope and try it again, though you may have to wait a few days for those sort of wind speeds.

Here's a tip which I find useful. (I'm only a novice myself) Put some negitive Exponential into your controls. Between 20 -30% should do the trick. I find it makes the plane much smoother to handle especialy when landing.

Above all else,..............keep trying :wink:

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