raideron. Flew with the SFGs today. Man it makes this plane awesome. I really liked them. Seemed to make it fly better everywhere. It was even easier to hover, but they make the plane pretty touchy. Maybe a little more expo and a little more practice. I was very nervous about landing, but had no problems. The plane lands easy buy man, you only have about an inch of clearance. I fly off of grass so I was really concerned but no problems. To be honest this is such a novelty that I'm not real sure how to evaluate the performance yet. But it did make the plane fly much "crisper". And awesome flatspins with them on. KE was actually harder because the nose would get very high and I'd reduce the throttle until the engine wouldn't pull it and then it would fall out. But I'm sure there's a happy medium that I'll find. It was very calm today so landings were easy, we'll see how it goes with a little wind. I had to retrim the plane when I installed them and I think I've got more triming to do. They are however, a very good thing on the plane. But they are new enough that I need more experience to fly them.
Another note. I fly the UCD60 with the 110 today for the first time. Awesome. Man, what a difference it made in this plane. It's 12ozs lighter than the Showtime and you can feel it. The extra power makes the UCD fly much better. I was really surprised. The engine was brand new and still performed very nicely. This is definetely a better set up. What fun this plane has brought me. And I almost did a rising flatspin. I got it to stop and hover in flatspin and maybe rise a little bit. But not like the Mayhem or the 46. But what an improvement to the UCD. You have to make sure you don't overspeed though.
And one more think, changed the way I hooked up to the airplane with my fish scale and improved the accuracy of the thrust. I had 3 YS that now pull approx 13.4 lbs of thrust. That's quite a bit better than the earlier readings I got. The difference between my readings and say seanychen is probably only elevation. I think he got over 15lbs.
Anyways, have a great day guys.
Thanks,
Barry