I put in two flights of the Grey Gripen on Sunday morning using my new DX-18 transmitter but kept the current JR R1221 receiver on DSM2. Antenna counts were A: 79, B: 69, L: 24, R: 6. I'll have an R1221X installed next weekend to compare the results with DSMX.

It had been a while since I'd flown a Gripen so it was nice to have one back in the air. These grey birds sure are hard to see so I'll paint the wingtips and missile rails white for improved visibility since that worked well with the Mirage F-1 "Surrender Jet".

NWS was a bit of a problem as one of the set screws somehow defeated the loctite and loosened up a bit. I banged the left rails on the runway during the ensuing landing rollout (normally the steering gyro keeps that from happening) and cracked it. The rails are pretty weak so I think I'll bond a strip of CF along the bottom of both rails for reinforcement.

Regards,

Jim