Went flying.

[MKelly]

Nice flights Tony!  That U-2 is quite a floater.

Mike

[tross]

Thanks Mike.
It's an easy model to fly.
Tony

[OZPAF]

As usual you have that flying well Tony. Very nice transition and glide. Well done.

John

[dosco]

I caught about 30 minutes of HLG flying yesterday afternoon/evening between teleconferences in the Naval Academy Stadium parking lot. There were a couple of guys flying electric powered RC on the other side of the field, one plane looked like a Gee Bee.

Got a few nice flights with the Zweibox and the Lunchboxes ... I will say that I'm out of practice, several not-so-great-launches. Nonetheless a few very nice flights ... and more interestingly, a younger guy with his 2 young sons (one was maybe 1 and riding dad's shoulders, the other might have been 4). They watched me for a few minutes, and he asked about the gliders. He said he thought they were pretty neat ... that brought a smile to my face.

Today cold and supposed to snow.

-Dave

[Jasco]

I ventured out in the park for some test flights of the Pinto.  This version has a 13" span and a laminated fuselage with the center lamination hollowed out. It didn't turn out as light as I'd hoped, but the climb is good and I got it to transition fairly well.  The first tests (before the snow and cold) showed I unintentionally built in negative decalage, so I rebuilt the tail and now it is set at as close to 0-0 as I could get it.  This design seems to require a much more horizontal launch than my "performance" gliders. It likes to "zoom" up as it turns right. I wonder if the short tail moment has anything to do with it.

Anyway, adjustments were made at the house before the session and I lacked the will to tweak it much in the arctic weather.


https://youtu.be/QObNWd2D7Kw

Decorating (my least favorite thing to do) is next.