It’s been a few weeks since I started flying the new lighter Wyvern. It’s taken me this long to get a few winter sessions in with the new model giving me the time to understand what effect the changes have had. Flying on inland slopes and the variability of conditions that this gives, it’s easy for any changes to be over whelmed by variability in the conditions.
I’ve flown the new
Wyvern back to back with my ‘stock’ version that I have just about settled on a
set-up. It’s taken a good while for me
to understand the model and get closer to best performance from it- this is
more to do with my failings than the model. The Wyvern is the first model I have
flown that I have set up to have the snapflap coming in and maxing out so early
in the elevator stick. Effectively
flying the Wyvern with 2 sections for the turn and the straights.
The lighter layup has been a nice step forward
I lighter air- not surprisingly. The new
tail has delivered a much crisper elevator response that makes me feel like I
have better feedback. Whilst some of
this is because of the overall weight, I have test the new version, ballasted
up the old weight and there is a noticeable development in performance.
This is very much as
you’d expect from loosing weight at the tips.
Quite nice to see that it works in practise though. Both models have responded really well to the
new snapflap set up- again nice to have proof that the aerodynamic theory seems
to be working in practise.
