Kenny,

I didn't get very slow with it in the turns except turning base to final. I didn't notice it falling off but then again I was trying to loose altitude to land. I will tell you this...When flying my buddies' BobCat, if you get it too slow it WILL NOT TURN using ailerons and elevator only!!! It is scary---just add gobs of power. The next time I'm at the field I'll experiment some with the Rookie. I'm off to Superman tomorrow!!

When I was on final the plane had only a five degree or so nose high attitude. The model was sinking. Recognizing and adjusting the sink rate is a trial an error kind of thing. Too fast of a sink rate and you pancake the model into the runway, ripping out the gear. Without me there to show you how I land it is tough to describe the proper amount of sink. Anyway, with the model sinking at a comfortable rate and my flying speed OK....When the model is about ten to eight feet from the ground I gently pull back on the elevator and watch the rate of sink slow as the nose gently comes up. Around three feet off of the deck I got model about 20 degrees nose high and held it there. When the model was one foot from the ground I added just a TOUCH more elevator (about 25 dgrees nose high) and I let the model settle in by itself. The mains touched and I watched the nose. As the nose started to fall I gradually added more up elevator to keep the nose about 25 degrees high with the mains on the ground. The model rode the mains for at least another 150'. I put the nose down as the model was getting down the runway. No telling how far I could have rode the mains!!!

If your C/G is too far forward it is harder to arrest the sink, harder to flare, harder or impossible to ride the mains. The model will also try to tuck its' nose (nose will drop) in the turns.

Keep at it---You'll get it!!!

Kevin