Maiden Flight
I didn't get to give the Rat her first flights at the arena but there was one calm frosty morning this week. The Arena Rat flies pretty much as expected. She flies slow and turns quick. Just what you'd want for indoor flying. Even the suggestion of a breeze affects the flight as you can see. Jump to
1:33 in the video for the flight.
It needed some down elevator trim to keep it from porpoising. After trimming it was a joy to fly. I cracked the glue joint on the front cabane and reduced the wing incidence by half. It's been too windy to fly it again to see if the new angle improved the flight.
Jon