I felt a little unsettled today - I don't know why as it was a beautiful morning with the sun just rising and barely a hint of wind. Maybe it was because it's a Monday...
I launched the Walrus with the flaps down which requires less power to prevent it from porpoising. However I set too little power and the Walrus unceremoniously nose dived into the turf and lay there with the ESC emitting warning beeps and the propeller twitching ominously. I immediately feared that the propeller had snapped but, picking up the plane everything seemed intact, and a flick of the throttle proved that the motor was none the worse for the little incident either.
So, after giving the Walrus a cursory wipe-down to remove the bits of soil and grass, it was back in the air again, this time without mishap.
The breeze was growing stronger as the sun rose, so that by the time I finally brought the Walrus round for landing it was struggling to make headway against the wind, just creeping over the fence with a little hop but then steadying up for a nice landing.
So this evening the Walrus will get a bit of TLC - I'll take off the prop and make sure everything's set properly again, and give it a nice clean...
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