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phase 6 test flight

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luke:
flew my phase 6 for the first time last weekend, even though the final weight came to 31/4 lb weight.
thinking that she would fly in nothing less than a gale i flung her off ito a steady 5/6 mhp breeze and guess what she flew lovely, was pleasantly supprised, elevator was a little twitchy . landing however was  hair raising
jeez she comes in fast !!!!!  i just couldnt bleed off enough speed to land her  so i just jept going back farther and farther and eventually i was able to bleed off enough speed to land her, even though i think she was starting to go into the sink !   i have only one servo driving the ailerons so i have adjusted the ailerons in a slight droop to try and slow her.
cant wait for the next flight  :D

IceWind:
That is great! Way to go!
Wasn't it possible to get two servos for the ailerons so you could use some mixing like airbrakes?

And share some photos of the plane! :)

Fred:
Hi Luke,

Same here, congratulation on the maiden flight !  :clap:  :clap:

luke:
thanks ice , thanks fred. i could have put an extra servo but i just wanted to have it as simple as possible, anyway had another flight this afternoon,just back ,im getting the hang of landing , the elevator is a good break :D  
if used with a little caution, (wing drop)
no im very pleased with it, she can do the light stuff too 4-6 mph but it really depends on the quality of the slope
ive tried to put a pic up of it already, it says its too big even though it is 640x480

Fred:
Hi Luke,

Sound good !
Looks like you have a machine to fly almost "every day" !  :D  

For the photos, the size limit is 600x600 pix max.
I use photofiltre to resize my photos, great tool and free to download  :D

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