In the Clouds

...and up the tree

Following a weekend of truly mixed up weather, this morning was a gift for flying - cool and overcast with a steady gentle breeze wafting in from the southeast. Launching into the breeze the Phoenix 2000 took to the air with consummate ease, its long slim wings shown in beautiful contrast to the grey skies.

It was the perfect sort of morning for easy flying, so the Phoenix made lazy climbs into the breeze, big swooping approaches over the paddocks and, of course, gentle loops...

Happy Sunny Show

...the wing-cam likes the sun

The sunny morning actually made for a nice quality video; amazingly the wing camera being much happier with the morning light conditions. I had expected the low sun to cause problems, however it seems that the electronics cope with this much better than the low-light conditions of dawn!

The sun also makes the Walrus's white propellor more evident, although I think the circle of streaks is quite groovy. I have ordered a pair of carbon propellor blades, so I might change over the original blades to make them less visible.

It didn't really seem that apparent at the time, but on my first landing approach I came so near that tree, and then almost put the Walrus into the duck pond. Happily though I did neither, but ended with a nicely flared landing in the dewy grass...