Stefania was quick to jump out of bed at 5 am and we were at the field before 6. It was dead calm when we pulled in and 2 minutes later it was 10 mph from the west! Eventually the wind came down and I set-up ...looking good with the new cage and the oh so sexy new simitar prop.
When I was reassembling the trike I set the thrust line a little higher than it was and it caused the wing to catch in the prop wash at the 10 O'Clock position. I didn't reset but let the prop fill the wing and restarted without getting out of my seat. It looked bad but I was able to recover from the wing falling off to the right ...so far that the tip almost touched the ground. Finally it stablized and I got in a nice 40 minute flight.
Very smooth and even flew with the foot steering while I took a few pictures. There is a big sign up that the property is available so it won't be long before I'm looking for a new site.
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