Well, its my turn to gloat.

I tested my XX this afternoon, only got in one flight due to engine wouldn't cut initially with the kill switch on. However, after some fiddling, and with the help of Derek Koopowitz, I got everything sorted out. After range tested for the 10th time, I ran out of excuses. What can I say about the test flight, very uneventful. Two clicks right rudder (it was 45 degrees blowing out), three clicks of up elevator, and that was it.

On the knife edge flight, I noticed it took very little rudder deflection to hold the nose up. I had already set up a dual rate on the rudder before the flight, but can cut the rate further down. As a matter of fact, the knife edge was so true on one side, it requires no mixing. The other side will need a few percent of up elevator with rudder, may be 1 to 2% of rudder to aileron mix to counter the slight rolling. Other than that, the plane was like on rail. When it comes time for landing, the plane floated a little due to cross wind, but I managed to slow it to a crawl for a tail first landing.

I didn't giggle like a kid at the field as in the case of Derek, because it was getting pretty gold, and I was in a hurry to leave. Nonetheless, I couldn't stop smiling on the way home. Hopefully, weather will hold up, and I can fine tune the plane tomorrow.

Equipment wise, same as Derek's, except I'm using a 9 WCII, as compared to his 14 MZ. Not only because he has more money than me, I am also a Mac person. As long as the 14 MZ runs on Wondows CE, I will continue to use my 9 WCII.

Adrian