Today was interesting...
Took off in autolaunch, I had the idea of autolaunch followed by loiter whilst I goggle up. Unfortunately, that means I can't wear my glasses and I'm short sighted.
Flicked the switch to what I thought was loiter and it flipped over and dived at the ground. I wrestled with the sticks for the couple of seconds it took to disappear from my blurred sight.
A long search of the edge of the field showed up nothing, nor also in the fast flowing river or visible on the other bank. Nothing showing in the goggles, not a peep, just static!
Resigned I packed my stuff up and headed back to the car.
I thought it might be worth driving round to the other side of the river and have a proper search.
Alas that was fruitless
On the way back to the car I thought I'd check the road on the other side of the river, nothing found. I took one last shot and walked along the canal the other side of the road and blow me down if I didn't find it floating upside down in the canal, still powered on, 220m away from the take off point.
A long branch brought it to shore and I took it home after disconnecting the battery.
Remarkably, I have returned the wing back to flight readyness. I had to replace a non functioning left servo and also the receiver which was not keeping it's bind.
Hooray!!!