Nice shot. Must be at least a 3.2 megapixel cam ?
Spud made a very true factoid statement when he said :
My feeling I get after following this thread for awhile is that this plane is kind of in its own category.
That is so true about this plane. There are no others in this weight range that can do what the UCD does. Even my buddies with the really high dollar 33% or larger planes love to bring out the UCDs for a second plane. It's just so easy to fly.
I got a newbie 17 year old started the other day for his first flight. I had a Hobbico SuperStar MKII trainer with buddybox and cord all ready to go. I just happened to bring the UCD.46 along for my own enjoyment after the lesson. The `wind came up that morning quicker than I expected and foiled the plans with the SuperStar. (Hates wind) So,,, I said , "Dude,,, your gonna learn on something a little more snappy than this old trainer. His very first flight went great. He made turns and was doing figure eights before the timer went off. I programmed the rates to about half mine are when on low in the Trainer programming section. (Futaba 7-CAP) He was learning the basics at less than half the forward speed needed by most trainers to stay airborne in winds that high.
Later after the winds died down for the day I broke out the trainer and he really blew it. Falling off in turns. Trying to digest the whole rudder aileron during a turn process most high wing trainers have. Basically ruined all the confidence he had gained earlier with the UCD.
I landed the trainer ,, fueled up the UCD and once again he started looking good again. I don't know if this is a bad thing I've done or not. And I expect to hear negative feedback from the old instructors on this one. But as the kid said himself ,,,as I had him cleaning nitro slime from the planes. "If I had to learn on that trainer again I was just going to go back to my RC cars."
Hmmmmm,,,, I hooked another one using my UCD as bait. Mauhahahaha[>:]