According to both girls, the instructions were pretty clear (above left). They each would read the steps then collaborate on performing each. To accurately
I really like the look of the Stratos. It’s a comfortable size for a beginner to handle and the red and white color scheme was easy to see in the sky. Since this was my first experi- ence with R/C flying, I let Frank do the think- ing for me and merely followed his instruc- tions, moving the stick left or right, back or
and easily position and place the fastening tape in close places like this (above right) the end of the tape was placed on the end of an X-Acto blade.
forward in order to fly the plane through the sky. I could definitely tell that the Virtual In- structor was helping me keep things under control. I know my responses weren’t as fast and smooth as they should have been, but the plane showed no signs of diving out of control like my planes on the simulator. After a few
minutes circling around, I handed the trans- mitter back to Frank to land the plane. I was very pleased with my first attempt at R/C flying, but the real test will have to wait for our next outing when I’ll get to ac- tually launch, fly and hopefully land the plane all on my own.
End result of the previous picture above (above left). The tape lies flat against the stabilizer and the fuselage, under the pushrod. A carbon fiber spar slides into pockets in both wings (above right). No glue is needed to join the wings since
a plastic piece performs that chore. Tammy aligns the wing tip fence before taping it in place (below left). Maureen plugs one of the motor and ESC leads together (below right). This was a lesson in required polarity.
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