It's better with the .55 swinging a 13x6 than it was with the .46 swinging an 11x6 or 11x7. We fly in about 15km/h winds most of the time, and in that sort of wind at walking pace the plane still won't come down. Idle on both the .46 and .55 is quite low, any lower and they stop. Both are tuned as well as possible according to our club experts, and there is very little thrust at idle.

The wind picked up as I was trying to land last Saturday and the plane was literally hovering till the wind dropped back again.

Our strip is grass and is only 80 metres (about 260 feet) and one end has trees which mean the approach can't be too shallow if the wind is that way. Didn't really have any problems with it until I had to start bringing it in over the trees and dropping it down, as you can get a very shallow approach from the other direction. It's floating worse than the Skyraider Mk1 trainer that I have, I can get that down without a problem with either the .46 or .55 in it, using the same props. The first deadstick I had with it everyone else at the club was amazed how well it floated in, I made it back to the strip from an altitude and distance that none of the various trainers at the club would have managed.

Don't get me wrong, I love the way the plane performs and handles, and I find it easier to fly than the high wing trainer, it just doesn't want to land if there is any sort of headwind at all. It's not bad if it's dead calm, but that doesn't happen very often.