KIWI RC

Being quite new to wings, and just getting back into the hobby I had a lot of questions. A quick check of Gmail shows we have exchanged 88 emails since the beginning of May. Mat has always answered all of my questions quickly and he’s given me a lot of advice which I am really grateful for.

Onto the wing itself; it arrived via courier in a massive box, carefully packaged. I had been following the build process here on the forums, but the first thought I had was how big the wing is. Mat kindly loaned me his gear: an AR500, MD 2900kv motor, 40/50Amp ESC and BEC so I didn’t have to wait for the slow boat from China/and the US for my MD motor. After binding my TX to the AR500 and following the TX instructions Mat put up in the build thread I went down to LEP.

It was pretty windy that day, maybe 15 km/h and a bit gusty. I probably wouldn’t have got out the Parkzone planes in that wind, but Mat’s emails had promised exceptional wind performance, after all flying on windy days was the whole point =). So after doing the pre-flight, I hit the throttle and launched the wing into the air. The scream of the MD motor with the 6×4 prop pierced the silence at LEP. I didn’t even notice the wind at all, flying was a breeze. The wing really can move, much faster than the T28 or Corsair and real quick it was nearly down to a dot. Quickly I brought her back around and attempted a landing. On the final turn before approach I gave too much elevator and stalled leading to a spiral into the dirt. Most of the way across the fields, the IYF was on the grass and nobody could have been the wiser. I was expecting at least a wingtip to have broken off, but no. Everything was pristine, bar some mud on the underside. Thus ended the IYF maiden.

Since then I have had about 15 flights and am impressed with the capabilities of the wing. I have put in my own gear bar the motor as mine is on its way. The IYF is really tough, goes fast and can slow down well (when you don’t give full elevator with no throttle). Now I can fly slowly around the park marginally faster than my floaty Corsair or much much faster if I engage the MD. =)