Hi guys, I flew my Cularis today off my winch. Good air day. Like a good little instruction follower, I balanced it on the dots. I gave it a gentle hand toss and as expected, DOINK about 15' in front of me. All I had for nose weight is a 4cell 1250 sub C pack with the cells standing upright beside each other in a row. It was all the way up against theplastic motor mount cup. Once balanced it is now all the way back against the foam cross piece just in front of the servos. The model balances at 4" measured from the trailing edge of the wing, 1" behind the dots. I'm working on my Silver Level Canadian Soaring Task, which asks for 6 30min thermal flights (witnessed). So I decided what the heck, might as well take one down with the Cularis. Most of the flight it was impossible to see the model, blue skies with high thin clouds, and she was up at about 1200' (I know because I have a Picolario talking altimeter) for most of the flight. I have 3/8" full span camber programmed in for thermaling, that bends back to about 3/16" in the air, but worked well...and the usual rudder to aileron mix, camber pump with elevator and as is normal most of the thermaling was done with 80% rudder stick and a bit of up trim elevator...along with the camber. I'll admit I'm surprised it launches well with the all the glass rods replaced with carbon or carbon tubes...and she flies as well as a Spirit Elite 100". The landing flaps are functional too. Very nice piece of foam. I made the tips and ruder and nose cone tape-ons, so that it all fits in the box for storage...likely mine will sit in the rafters for the next few years, but it was a fun project and excellent flying model. Definitely worth the money and for a newbie to the hobby of soaring, easy to build, durable and fun to fly too. Also worth the money for someone who wants a scale looking slope ship! Full house, full flying stab, the wings snap in and the servos plug themselves in too! You can paint it with Krylon if you like by the way. Gordy Louisville today
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