I spent the morning doing some flat land sloping. The breeze was at 10 and slowly building. By the time I had the winch set up the breeze was at 12 to 15. I figured what the heck, so I went ahead and launched my Super Sapphire. With normal launch flaps on and a tiny bit of down elevator trim the ship went absolutly straight up. I applied a little down stick so she would not pop off. On the way up I noticed that the winch motor was stalling and the wings were really flexing so I started to pulse the winch. A normal dive and zoom produced a magnificent launch altitude from our normal 700 ft launch line. After the zoom I immediately went to reflex and scooted out over the tree line for some flat land sloping. The tree line is about 1/4 to 1/2 mile out and runs at a diagional to the winch line. The lift was moderate and we were routinly getting over five minutes. Landings were interesting to say the least. Just let me say this, watch out for those downwind turns. If you get too slow, you will stall the airplane and dump it. In my case I wound up in the ditch. Only once though. Luckily, there was no damage to the ship and we flew her a few more times. Most flyers would run and hide with this much wind on a thermal field but I figured that we needed the practice for those times when we encounter adverse conditions at contests. We had a lot of fun zooming and skying with the buzzards. Moral of the story, don't let a little wind keep you indoors when the wind is over 10 kts. Regards,Perry RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
