Phillip M,
Thanks for all the good advise. I was going to do that toss test with a little power, but I was chicken
When I first toss a plane, I like to get it to three mistakes high as soon as possible. We used to recommend that to some newbies on the Badius Boys thread on RCU. This is when we were all starting out with the Accipitor Badius RTF sailplane.
This is not my first sailplane, but it is the first one of this size and weight. It is also my first with ailerons. I have flown other planes with ailerons, just not a sailplane.
My buddy back in Florida who is now in Colorado for the Summer just bought the Radian, and he loves it. I helped him get it set up before he left Florida. He took it out of the box and it flew great. That was a relief, as we didn't test fly it before he left, and he is a bit of a newbie being on a trainer cord for a long time. He is doing great now all by himself