I have to agree with AC concerning crosswinds. With such a massive side area on the Allure, I expected to really have to concentrate on fighting the crosswind and expected, with a crosswind blowing in, it'd be very hard to keep the plane out and at 150 meters. In actuality, the aircraft fights the crosswind completely on its own. In fact, it's very interesting to actually have to give rudder to keep the aircraft in when the crosswind is blowing in. Completely different mentality to what one is used to but makes it very easy to remain at the proper distance in any type of wind you would expect. This is evident, not only on the Contra, but the glow Allure as well. Every day that I fly this airplane, I become more impressed with its attributes.

I did use Futaba's spline feature and reduce the rudder per AC's suggestion just near the center on the Allure with the Contra. AC put on a snap clinic with both aircraft (I'll have the videos edited and put together soon) and I feel very confident after Brett, Bryan, and AC flew my setup that I have it right. I have tried several different CG settings and have found that, although there are very subtle changes in characteristics, this model has a very wide CG range that it flies well at. There is no mixing still and all of the adjustments made have been through CG as Bryan suggests to me.

Concerning the throttle curve, I believe that I am close with the Contra. When I first started flying it, all of the throttle was between 20%-40% and, although very flyable, it needed to be spread out a little more. I have a nice curve on it where the crux of the throttle is now spread across the majority of stick travel. There seems to be a small point in the bottom 15% of the stick where the first few clicks don't respond enough. I will fix this with a spline on the transmitter vs. an expo curve. This should cure it completely and give us the "feel" that we've been searching for.