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Old 01-12-2003 | 06:00 PM
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Kallikrates
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Default Sledge first flight

First flight went well it was a little windy/gusty and very cold out but I had to take her out. She was in the air much shorter than expected but needed about 5 beeps of down elevator at less than half throttle flew around testing flight behavior and stuff but it was very cold my fingers where numb and the wind as picking up. I tried a few landing attempts almost hit a tree but an emergency test of the planes vertical capabilities fixed that.
I landed a little hard finally but I later realized it was because I had forgotten to switch off flaperons or spoilerons i dont remember so I basically did an elevator down

Then it happened i tried taxing back full up elevator of course advancing the throttle ait gust and suddenly im pointed straight up in the air with no time to reactcartwheeled

Damage Report is a broken propeller and the fuse flexed enough that the alieron was able to punch a hole through the fuse sheating next to it the crack widened more as the fuse hit the other directions i havent cut open the sheating yet but most of the structure is intact i just need to reglue the sheating

In the end I'll add a little more exp on the ailerons a little more on elevator and some negative expo on the throttle And add some more decoration to the fuse to hit the future patch that ill need.