Well...

What can i say ...i could have found a dozen reasons not to Maiden th UCD today but...i'd have been out looking to buy Pink flamingoes if i didnt.. to start with there was a gusty 10 to 15 Knot wind...not breeze.[:-]..blowing diagonally accros the runway.. i'd found all the rates set totaly and utterly WRONG during all the checks ...i knew straight away how i'd done it....when setting all the linkages up to ensure max throws were possible ...i'd then left the rates at the 3D settings as per GP manual...not the tame " Low " rates ..disaster waiting for me...

Then for some reason i'd got the Duel rate switches opposite to what i normally have..nomally the " High " setting is with the switch " Down "...not this time boyo, Oh No...not this time[:-], ....so maiden take off with rate switches on high...now i heard a simular story to this some time ago ....some poor sod took off with massive throws.....5 minutes later...model back on terra firma ..intact...he walks back to the flight line, pale & ashen..." How was it Bob...?" " How was it...?...I'll tell you how it was... It was like trying to sandpaper a Tigers Ar*e in a telephone kiosk."....i now Know what he ment.

But .. in double quick time, rates to " Low "...back to 1/3 throttle ...bit of trimming ..Hey presto.. we have altitude , nothings dropped off......Rolls, loops...Good Lord ..[:-]..what WOULD this thing do on those 3D settings.. ..Amazing , just Amazing...

Slight oversight ..having so much fun ..Photo's etc.... forgot ....got to land this thing....would it come down ..not on your life..[:-]...thought we'd have to go get a Butterfly net or something..

Anyway, back on the ground eventually..wind getting worse..but she's flown...has she ever ..thanks Guys