Eagle squirly?! NOOOO! Say it aint so!

Well, I have been saying this but people that fly my plane say. It's great!

But on takeoffs, especially with wind. The plane seems to have a mind of its own. It seems like it wants to stall or knife the first turns. Everyone has been saying my takeoffs look picture perfect, but they have no idea how many inputs i have to produce to do that. I flew my brother trainer and it's as easy as pulling back on the stick and slightly turning for the first turn.

Glad to hear nothing serious happened to your eagle elad. That could have easily become a stall or tip stall that resulted in a full throttle SMASH into the ground. I've seen probably 10 crashes from other people since flying. Out of those 10, 9 of them resulted from takeoffs or landing attempts. All from good pilots. One was an idiot hitting into the trees. :ME:

I fly very cautious and with buttocks clenched now. I am hoping I can get a few more flights in this year. I still can't believe I was flying with a short sleaved shirt on today. Other people had shorts on. It feels like spring outside, and I am loving it. We never get this weather, it is either HOT or COLD. If it is midranged, it is cloudy and ugly. Today was kinda sweet. Except for the hellish winds, but they eventually died down also.

I lost that ebay auction for that 4 stroke w/ dr1 triplane. It went for only 180! DOH. I would have taken it to 200. I messaged the guy and told him I could come very soon to pick it up as the reserve wasnt met so he has the option to sell it to me if he wants. I'm sure he will work with the current high bidder though. That kinda sucks. I came home from flying and passed out on the couch. Woke up hours later realizing that I slept the night away. Now I am wide awake and have to work in 5 hours. DOH.

S