This morning, cool and overcast with just a hint of a northerly, I took the Trainstar to the field for its second fly back on its wheels. Having suspected the large battery, fitted to give it a little extra punch and duration in floatplane guise, to be a bit heavy it its native guise, I switched to the regulation power pack and sent the Trainstar on its way, needing to give it a nudge to get it rolling in the longish damp grass.
As before the Trainstar was flying nose-down, needing a few clicks of up trim. However, flying it whilst in the process of trimming it, I discovered that it's actually quite entertaining flown needing a little up elevator, like I do the Radjet. What this does, instead of it wafting around the sky, is to change the high-wing cruiser into a ground-hugging machine, flying in low and purposely, not unlike its high-speed brethren except at about a third of the speed.
The lighter battery, also located further back to balance a little better, seemed to make the turns a little cleaner as well, although the Trainstar still drops like a brick as it turns as well as tightening turns as well both of which make it challenging to fly.
I understand that this is a trainer and that good training aircraft challenge you so that you can learn. Nevertheless I'd be amazed if someone could actually to teach themselves to fly with this plane, its got that many quirks...
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