RE: Talk about a crappy day flying....
My Sunday was ...well OK. We had temps in the 60's, but had real windy conditions. Some were cross wind and it gusted alot. I was trying to maiden my Magic Extra, so was more cautious that normal. My biggest problem was getting the engine (OS46fx) back in tune. I was in my Avistar that crashed last summer and hadn't run since then. I had to spend quite a bit of time trying to get it in. I did get in two partially successful flights close to sund down. Partially successful because I also had two dead stick landings. The engine quits about 1/4 tank into the fuel. I think it is too lean on the top end so more fine tuning is needed. I can tell you this though, even though the flights were short, I think the Magic Extra is going to be a great fun plane to fly.