RE: Official Aerobird Swift Thread
Ok flew it again today with not much wind. I am not really impressed with this plane. The wing is very similar to a Firebird Freedom, and does not provide much lift. I am a big fan of lots of power to get yourself out of trouble, and this plane seems a bit underpowered.
If any of you have flown the Aerobird Challenger, you know that that plane will set aloft for hours given enough height, you can let go of the stick and get into a deep conversation with your buddy, and the plane will still be flying. Not so with the Swift...let go of the stick and you'll be in trouble rather quickly.
Thsi is not to say the plane does not fly..it does, and makes fairly decent rolling turns, I suggest using the HIGH rate as the low rate just does not give you enough elevon travel. I don't want to make it sound like this plane s*cks...it doesn't there are plenty of terrible performers out there, I would rate this plane about average.