Yeah, I tried several flap setting and it didn't seem to change anything.

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hats off:)...did you try different flap setting?does it have the same aliron feeling at diferent flap setting?

russ.


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Thanks Phil. Just happens I just finished uploading a quick video

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That's fantastic news Rick - congratulations big time on a super looking Dragon!!

Really interesting first impressions - perhaps ask one of the other CD pilots to fly your new baby some time and comment on its handling compared to theirs - it might offer some possibilities for fine tuning.

I hope you have a great Christmas and get some really good flying in during the New Year. A few more photos and a handful of on-board, air-to-air and ground-to-air videos (you know, general Carbon Dragon porn!!) would make a nice, if belated, Christmas present for the rest of us!

Well done Rick, and Happy Christmas!

Phil.

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It took almost 4 years but I took the first flight yesterday. Everything went well and I was surprised to even have a little lift to work on a cold winter day. First impressions: The sink rate and thermalling is awesome. The controls will take a little getting used to. The roll control feels a little strange. I have no experience in sailplanes and only about 400 in small planes. The roll pressures are heavier than I expected and while the stick is mostly neutral in the center as you start getting to the extremes the stick wants to "fall" the rest of the way to the limit. Maybe a quirk of the way the way the triangular control block works as it goes over center or maybe I don't have something adjusted quite right? Maybe someone here who has flown one can comment. But over all I can tell I'm going to have a good time with this. The day after Christmas I'm heading to Florida, warm weather, and thermals to get wired into this thing.. I've uploaded a few new pictures of my first flights.