The winter so far has often been the victim of sod's law. Great conditions on Fridays and Mondays but not on race days. That doesn't mean that there's not been any flying and some really good interesting progress on the construction of all the models.
After some great feed back from different pilots we have been working to reduce weight at the back of the models- particularly the Saker and Wyverns. Around 10g of weight off each tail and improvements to the fuselage has taken around 90g of weight from the finished fuselages. I've had the chance to fly new models back to back with older lay ups, ballasted up to the same total weight. The improvement in flight performance has felt like a real step forwards.
New Wyvern tail shape on the left.After testing the first improved Wyvern layup I ordered fuselages and tail for my Sakers. I've been a huge advocate for learning your model for the last few years and I've gone and made changes to both my Sakers and built 2 Wyverns. I have convinced myself that the performance improvement will be worth it.
You can imagine that I've been keen to get out and practice. It's been quite easy to do with the Wyverns, they're incredibly fun sports models. From scratching around to ripping up the storm force winds. The wyverns sport flying characteristics have been so much fun.
When I have flown the Sakers I have come away thinking- why am i not flying these more often. The lighter tails feel like they have improved the lighter air performance of the Saker.
I used the same servos from the original Saker fuselages but for building the Wyverns I've used the new CHA servos. Perhaps a few years ago I did not realise the effect of good servos but I am a convert. Slop free and holding the wing section in the shape that you want- doing it right does make a difference.
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