ORIGINAL: opjose
RE: WM 40S
Most of the people who have posted here that it's a "handful" to fly seem to be using the wrong prop.
In other words the plane is brought in and flown too slowly, and tends to stall out on them.
Use an 11x6 on your .46 and you'll have no problems, although it will seem to approach a bit faster than what you may be used to.
That's ok, just keep it under a bit of power on landing.
Keep your throws to the suggested initially until you get used to how it handles.
For an Ultimate of such small size it flies very well and is fairly docile if not flown too slowly....
Stall it out on approach however and ....
I'm running an APC 11x5. I got off work a little early today and decide to go out o the field and fly the Ultimate. Landings were no big deal at all. Sure, it doesn't float like a 4* or u-Can-do but so what. I probably landed it 7-8 times. Each time, I just lined up, and eased the throttle back. The nose drops slightly and the plane doesn't slow down much. Feed in a little up elevator but not too much and it touches down smooth every time. Obviously, I'll have to fly it a lot more to get used to everything about the plane but it's not difficult to fly and land at all.