Well after about 4 yrs after my latest RE entry into RC planes again,,, I've finally come back to my roots, so to speak, this is high performance RC sailplanes. Decided I needed to get a decent sailplane radio,, was deciding between the AT 10ch and the Aurora 9,, found a really good close out deal on a A9,, thanks to AEAJR,, and got it ,, $320 including 2 receivers,,, flew the crap outa my radian and to a lesser extent the radian pro,,, but these two planes only made me long for a TRUE high performance sailplane. ;-),,, so,,,,, I gots my sailplane radio,,, now I need a plane,,, so don't Wana break the bank first one out,, so I get the new E Flite mystique ,,,ALOT of plane for the money,, a tad bit high on Wingloading but not bad,,, and MAN,, what a nice looking plane!!!! I'm not exactly the worlds greatest builder and I don't particularly enjoy building,, so doing a Fullhouse build like the mystique was quite daunting at first,,, but then I started getting back into the swing of things so to speak ,, and kinda a fun.
So I take her out first few flights go great!!! Great flying plane!! Great speed range with camber changing,, fairly aerobatic ,, lands nicely with about 55deg of flap travel ( stock is 25) ,,, so then,,, then ill fated 2nd outing ,,, had her up about 500ft put her into a shallow dive to check my change in CG,, she keeps going down even tucking a little,, give a little up elev,,, nothing,,, give more,,, still nothing,, at this point she's picking up speed very
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