On the Hydeaway...you get a couple issues.

The wing should be set basically zero the canopy frame. This is the zero line. I found it flew better with a little positive to that about 1/2 deg.

GW is correct positive in the wing will help the pull to the canopy on the downlines...but what happens on the Hydeaway is that before you start to get things dialed in the extra positive in the wing will act like putting more down thrust in the motor. Remember they all work together. So as you move the wing up positive you get too much down thrust and it pushes out of verticals. So you adjust the motor to give less down thrust. Then you end up right back where you were and it pulls on the downlines so you dial the wing more positive and this acts like more down thrust. Ends up being an endless battle.

I've been there and done that.....Like I said before I'm not proud of the fact it takes a little down elevator mix at low throttle and if I had my druthers I would not have the mix...But it helps and is less invasive than the push to the belly on the vertical. And I flew the mix for about 500 flights. After that amount of time I forgot it was there. It became a non-issue. Its so little and I had it become active 2 clicks above idle on the throttle stick.

You can trim it out....... I did it. But the trade off was a less desirable problem.

My suggestion to you is mix it out. Stick the CG at about 195mm from the LE which is a little forward (5mm come on less than 1/4")of the Chip location and fly it.

That's what I did....I raised my wing vertical in the fuse location to eliminate some of the pitch and roll couple mixing needed in the model It worked and solved most of it. The amount of mix I was using was very small. Overall the Hydeaway is a very good flying model. There are some things it does really well. When you fly it slow its a very good model. Gets nervous in the air and doesn't lock on as well when you speed it up. This is where I felt it was not as good a model as some others was in the wind.

In calm conditions when I was flying well and really on it...I felt it was like playing a video game point and shoot period...But as the winds came up or if I was struggling a little on the pilot side of the equation it was not as good.

Obviously its a good model, Chip got 3rd at the worlds with it. I flew mine to 3rd at the NATS. So it can fly very well. Its not a magic bullet but then again neither is the Partner, the Smaragd or a Focus....

Its just an Airplane...Its a tool to make pretty pictures in the sky. Any of the tools you use can be setup properly to get the job done. If you break your tool then go get another one. Everybody seems to be upgrading their computer or their car....A new model is just another tool to get the job done.

Troy