I managed to get in four flights with my Decathlon at Joe Nall. One was spent seeing how slow it would fly. It sinks quickly, but just more up elevator and it will sort of semi-harrier around quite well at a very low speed. I'll keep working on this as I am still coming in just a bit hot on landings. Seems I rarely put it down without a bounce.

My CoG wound up in the most rearward area. I think I'll stick a big 1800 mah NiCd up near the firewall for my ignition battery and see what that does. It does fly a bit tail heavy. My flying partner absolutely 'loves' the way it flies right now, but he is a much better pilot than me... nearly 20 years of flying vs. my one year... and doing lots of 3d work... so tail heavy to him is a bonus. This model is going to make me a better pilot. At the moment, it really loves rudder. Knife edge is extremely easy. It really likes to be hossed around up there. It seems the more you ask of it, the better it flies.

About the only thing I'm needing to get used to is better ground control. I'm just a little behind it with rudder input and then I seem to overcorrect it. I think next time out I'll just do a lot of ground work with it.

The good news... even under the pressures of flying at Joe Nall, the model is back all in one piece... I wasn't the prettiest flying, but far from the worst I saw. For me, as almost all of my flying is from my home field, it was really good to fly there and learn some more about the different environment... like 'groomed' grass... the very best I've ever flown from. Almost too good. This model is also going to further enhance my stick work, making me use all four inputs more than I normally do and more equally. I am amazed by how it loves to be tossed around aggressively. I'm looking forward to more flights back here at home.