Month: December 2025

It was a challenging afternoon that culminated with a hard landing . I did a bit of kiting while the winds settled down. It was variable 5 to 10 cycling about every few minutes. The good news is that lowering the axle 5 inches seems to have done the trick. I’d like a few more launches with a good surface but the prop wash didn’t disturb the wing prior to throttle up.

The landing was terrible. I descended a bit much before final and landed hard. No damage to man or machine. I’m glad there were no witnesses.

The GoPro Max didn’t record and the 11 Black didn’t stabilize…. So much for video.

Notes… yellow lenses for sunset launches. Raise the beaners on the kiting harness.

Good flight except that the wing wasn’t exactly centered and I had to make some fast and dramatic inputs to inflate and center the wing. I’m thinking the narrow opening in the nose of the glider make it easy for the prop wash to inflate one side or the other if not dead on centered.

I’m more convinced that the wash has to be raised to allow forward motion to start the inflation.