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Old 08-03-2016 | 03:35 PM
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Part of the issue with this plane is the relatively light wing loading. It is just plain hard to slow it down enough to make it stop flying without a long extended low approach. I tend to come in kind of hot anyway (learned from flying a CAP232 for a long time) so I need make an adjustment on my approaches. To compound the issue when the wing comes into ground effect the problem grows a bit. I haven't really been trying to stretch the landing, only wanting a slow enough approach to a bounceless landing. I suspect the semi symmetrical wing may also be playing a role?????

In retrospect it may be a good thing as it will force me to really pay attention to my approach and FLY the airplane all the way to the ground. I'll try a little more tail weight and see where that takes me. When I find the balance point sweet spot I'll remove the stick on weights and move the battery to suite. I already have the fuel tank setting on top of the wing near the CG. Battery and RX are on top of the tank at the moment.

Thanks to all for the suggestions. I'll give them a try.

Ken

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