Wow! .... Ballast? Are you crazy?!!! Threw the NSP Flash today from Coyote. Storm on the way in. One of those "special" days at Coyote with the wind quite rippin' from the West at 20-25 MPH. Gusty but not bad, just nice vertical crescendos that were taking gliders up 50-100 ft in two blinks like they were dandilion tufts. The Flash is pure fast and flies on rails. It is NOT your father's Oldsmobile. It doesn't need ballast even in high wind to be almost faster than my hands can handle (but I handled it). My real issue was slowing it down for landing, because I'm real spoiled on flaps. The spoilerons do drop it in as per the instructions, but don't slow it down as much as the instructions seem to imply, unless there's something wrong in my setup or its just because not used to landing with spoilerons. I did not find it slowing up into the wind as much as most of my other gliders. It is very slippery. As a first time flier of this kit, it took me several passes to land it. Several. And I can usually do it in one or two passes. I may build flaps just to protect my investment. But I don't want to mess with its wonderfully clean crisp, seemingly dragless characteristics. I found the Dominator to be overall better behaved in the sense that it is more forgiving. But the Dominator is not as quick or exciting in the way the Flash is. The Flash really gives the impression of speed to the flier and to onlookers. So what can I say? Its one hot little bird, and pretty good looking after all. Just take the "Adv" warning seriously and you may get out alive, Its is a guided missle and should have a radioactive decal. I can't say for sure that it rivals the Snipe, but that's what it kind of reminds me of. Over. -Paul RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
