This morning was fairly calm so we headed out for a quick fly with the Walrus, the challenge being to find an empty local field with enough room to move.
We ended up at a large sports ground with three fields end-to-end, promising enough except for the floodlights dotted around. My concern increased soon after launch with a turn to miss a post on the right soon followed by an even sharper turn by the Walrus to avoid its adjacent colleague on the left.
One lap around the pylon circuit was enough, and I brought the Walrus in to land, having to fly around another post in the process. Already freaked out, I mis-corrected the incoming glider's wing-down attitude with an extra dose of the same, resulting in a mild ground loop. No damage, just not particularly elegant.
The control response was also still a bit fast for me, although I again didn't have much opportunity to get comfortable with the plane. I've now set the exponential rate up to forty percent, so we'll try and see if that's sufficiently moderate.
Anyway, I have another field in mind which may be more accommodating, so here's hoping for another window of calm weather...
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