Had an enjoyable hour flying today
Over the past couple of weeks I've learnt a lot about trimming model aeroplanes (thanks Shaun) and made a couple of thrust adjustments to what I've been flying.
Firstly I've reduced the amount of down thrust on the Pageboy as I wasn't getting much climb. This was much better today, but the propeller broke just after a couple of flights and didn't have a spare with me. I could see it was going to break as the rubber grommet was pulling one of the blades back a little and could see it was fracturing at the point it joins the hub. Anyhow the two flights were positive
Secondly, I needed to do the opposite with the Pulstar and add some more down thrust - I ended up adding even more down thrust at my flying slight

Fortunately I filed a little groove in the top of the nose of the fuselage just in case I needed more down thrust and therefore the propeller would hit the fuselage. It has a lovely glide, so today I spent some time launching it from the top of the slope with just a very small amount of power, and it would float away beautifully, then just gently increasing power gave a nice climb. I just enjoyed launching it like this, bringing it round and landing. I learnt so much today and doing so much better keeping the model within a smaller area. I didn't do so much walking retrieving it each time it came down. I hope to try my Mattel equipped Pulstar soon as I'm gaining confidence.

- What a pleasant way to spend an hour.
Carl