So today was the maiden flight for my UCD 60 and everything went perfect. What a great aircrafy to fly!. This thing does whatever you tell it to. It's even fun to land the aircraft.

First I set her in the grass and took a few photos of her (see the attached pics). Then I did the range check thing; it came through with flying colors; not even any jitters. I just love PCM 1024 and Futaba's R138DP receiver.

I took her out three times. The first time was just a check out; get her up in the air, trim it out, try to get a feel for her, and bring her back down. Went over the whole aircraft to make sure everything was still as it should be; nothing moved out of place; great. Second time up I tried some simple maneuvers like loops and rotations to check out the control surface alignment. She tracks really straight. Third time up I tried some harriers to get a feel for when she wants to stall. This aircraft can move unbelieveably slow! Elevators must be simple to do with the UCD 60 (maybe tomorrow). I didn't try anything like hovers and torque rolls yet; I don;t trust the engine until I get some more time on her.

I setup the control throws as per the instruction manual only to find out that I only used the (manual's) high rates. So, tonight I will set the current high rates to be the low rates and program some REAL high rates in it. Tomorrow I'll take her out again and begin to get a bit risky with her. This aircraft is FUN!