Saturday 8 March 2014

Phoenix 1600 in Hot Conditions

...feeling the heat

This afternoon was my first flight with the Phoenix 1600 in hot weather (32C). I expected flying as usual but the loss of lift was huge, with me having to keep feeding in up-elevator. Just like flying a Radjet and a little nerve wracking.


I was wondering whether something had gone wrong with the Phoenix, but inspection after landing showed everything was OK - it was just the heat causing it to fly like a brick...

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