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Old 09-03-2023 | 09:08 PM
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Dave Wilshere
 
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It shares a lot in common with the Mephisto, knife edge is a breeze, no coupling. I would say it rolls sharper than my Mephisto, which I kinda expected being smaller in span, but it’s really crisp and sharp. Slow speed flight is really stable, I have been playing with CROW, I have a feeling I will reduce what I have now a mm or so, but it still floats onto the ground, even in the light winds we had this weekend.
I have only hovered it at a safe height, but it’s super stable, and various methods of exiting the hover showed none of the Mephisto’s sometimes odd characteristics as it transited to wing flight.
It’s going to be a massive hit with pilots of all skill levels, but for 3-D I already feel it’s going to be everybody’s favourite!
Will post more pictures this week, it’s been a little rushed as a thread!

13.4kg with hopper full and a little residue fuel in the main tank. This is an accurate weight, CARF were using electric balance scales which already proved inaccurate on the actual balance point. The last red airframe CARF has small mini servos on things like Rudder and ailerons and he’s under 13kg.