RE: Here's A Simple & FREE First Foam Build Plan! (Part 2)
The So flies very well in rather strong wind, especially if you build the plane a bit heavy like I do...in the 27 to thirty-some ounce range or so. The camera is an Aiptek 5100M pocket camcorder capable of 5 megapixel stills and 30fps video. It'll also do Super VHS video but at only like 15fps. I'm using a 512mb compact flash card in it and it'll do well over an hour of live video with that.
Went out to a park last night and got some pictures near where the East and West branch of a river converge. It was a bit hazy out but the view is pretty good in a few shots of the river and cliffs.
I've still not been able to perfect the trim on this bird. The plane wants to pull right at WOT and when I trim that out with some left it will then drift left with the motor off. I've decided to use this to my advantage. I've now got the plane trimmed to pull lazy right turns at WOT and lazy lefts with the motor off. It makes for a great safety feature. If I ever loose orientation on the plane at very high altitudes I can just let go of the stick and let it do lazy rights with the motor on until I get my bearings. Same with the motor off, and the slow left turns when gliding make for some easy AP work, since I have the camera sticking out the left side of the plane.