'another flight report. Took her out again this past weekend, in breezy conditions. It obviously was not as fun as the maiden flight. But one thing, I did manage to fly it using much more rudder than the maiden flight, and I was able to shrink the pattern down a whole lot. I kept having to nearly cross the sticks(aileron and rudder) during the turns, but that's what it seemed to require to hold a constant bank angle and altitude. Do you guys have the same experience?

I also tried some easy aerobatics: stall turns(required high rates on rudder), immelman, split S, four point rolls(jeez, I need practice with that rudder), Cuban Eights and Reverse Cuban Eights(those were nice, especially the downlegs). I have a hard time entering the verticals with the wings absolutely level, and it shows. I don't have this hard of a time with my other planes, but then, those other planes are more self righting than this one. The pilot workload is definitely much higher, but the manuvers look better, especially rolls. Wing tip weight is right on, based on pull horizontal from vertical dive: no dipping. Landings were all worse than the maiden, as I kept letting it float, argh! I know better, but float she does. I'm going to pay more attention to throttle off pitching. It is probably my thumbs, but I could swear the nose rises when I throttle down to idle.

Another question: for the guys with 91 two strokes, do you guys fly at more than half throttle when performing knife edge or four point rolls? I keep having to use lots of rudder, and it really yanks for tail down rather ungracefully. Recoving from knife edge into inverted is therefore equally ungraceful. What is the proper technique? Do I release rudder and add aileron simultaneously, or release one before adding the other? I think if I fly faster, I won't need as much rudder, which should smooth the transition from knife to inverted. Do you guys also flick the nose up before rolling to minimize altitude loss? Or do you enter dead level?

Ed in MI, Vectorflight Edge 540 , ST 0.90, 13x6