I wrote this up last night... just as I was finishing my Mac locked up. That never happens

I also "fell" for Horizon's marketing. I use CROW braking on my full-house sailplanes with great results... why shouldn't it work on a power plane?

It took some time to get the plane and the mixing set up correctly, but it was worth it. My Stick lands like a feather, with or without CROW. Give me a 7+ mph headwind and I can land this heap nearly vertically with *no* rollout!

Here's my setup. I was running a Saito .72 but have swapped it out for a YS .63. Same APC 13x6 prop. The YS weighs a little more than the Saito, so I switched out the metal H9 mount for a composite GP one. To balande the plane without adding weight (and to get the CG back a little) I cut a hatch in the top rear fuse and have my receiver battery installed 2"-3" behind the wing saddle. I'm using the recommended throws all around for flaps and ailerons.

I did adjust the amount of down elevator compensation in CROW mode so that the plane maintains a slightly nose-down attitude at idle. This is crucial! Trimming the plane so that it flies level at idle in CROW mode means that it will tend to bleed off to much speed, then stall. Not good.

Here's my favorite touch & go / landing approach maneuver. Its kind of like a hammerhead, but with flair
Wows the crowd every time.

• low downwind pass over the field at 3/4 -> WOT
• pull to vertical 20-30 yards past the field
• lower throttle, slow plane to a vertical hover
• engage CROW
• raise throttle, execute a 1/2 torque roll (belly of the plane now facing the runway)
• full down elevator & full power to kick the nose down, then idle
• dive, aiming for the runway threshold (50+ degree down angle)
• pull to level (speed bleeds off), touchdown on the mains.

When I get my speed and altitude perfect I can hear blades of grass gently flicking the wheels before they touch. Sweet, sweet, sweet.

I also have an SE. I had it out last weekend in zero wind (that almost never happens here!). Tried the above maneuver and at best I could touchdown just before midfield - even with spoilerons the SE won't slow down after pulling level as quickly as The Stick can.