This morning was lovely, calm and cool, with the sun just rising as I unpacked the planes. I took the Floater and the Radjet, with the former being backup as the latter can sometimes be a little unpredictable.
As it turned out the little jet launched smoothly and flew beautifully, now nicely balanced and flying straight despite it's torrid history of traumatic crashes and endless repairs. It's more predictable behaviour also makes landing easier, bringing it in on a nice long gliding approach and dropping it gently onto the dewy grass.
Having the Floater I decided to throw that up as well for a more relaxing finish to the morning's flying. Well, it ended up as more of a walk as, with the Floater turning back from the paddock, it began to fly lower and lower. Adding more power to counteract what is often an area with sink, the Floater seemed to make no response and eventually glided down for an auto landing.
Reaching it eventually, after a walk across the field and a hop over the fence, the cause was apparent - flipping the power on, the prop spun up momentarily before lazily winding down.
I'd forgotten to charge the batteries...
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