RE: landing a Great Plane Shoestring
Pete, lets try comparing apples to apples here. You WW1 biplane has a ton of wing area and the drag of a barn so yes it will fly slow and be less affected by CG. The GP Shoestring is NOT a race plane. It is a sport plane patterned after a race plane. With a healthy .60 2 stroke one would be lucky to see 100MPH. It has a thick, slow, forgiving airfoil so in reality it's flight charictatistics will be more on like with a Kaos then that of an actual race airplane. IMO this is what bites guys. They imagine that just because it LOOKS like a race plane it will be less forgiving, so they set it up nose heavy and minimal throw, then it lands fast. Set it up the same way you would a Kaos or Super Sportster and go fly.