sahartman21

The first flights on the Miss Ashley were uneventful. The model needed some aileron trim and some down trim to fly to my satisfaction. I also added some tail weight to increase the elevator sensitivity and quickly turn back on #1 pylon. In my opinion this version of the model, standard long nose, tracked better than the one that I shortened the nose in the earlier thread.

On race day the model flew better than I did and my first couple of races were flown very wide around #1 pylon. An adjustment was made and during the next race the course was better around #1 but I had a midair between #2 and #3 pylon. We must have just barely touched the models as I didn't realize there was a midair until I inspected my model after the race. I was missing half of the horizontal stabilizer and therefore the backup model was brought out.

Both models were fast as any that I raced. Unfortunately my flying skills were not quite up-to-par but I managed to get a 1:10 for an 11 lap race. The good thing is that I managed to finish the Phoenix QM40 Classic and bring home both of my models.