This past Saturday morning, I decided to take out some of my least-flown planes. I have different reasons for each plane as to why they are least-flown.
The Albatros: it's one of the visually most stunning planes I own, but its flight characteristics are not nearly as good as my WWII planes. For this reason, it doesn't see much air time. It is exceptional off of grass runways that are not as short as they need to be for my WWII planes, though, so whenever the field is long, I go to this plane.
The Me109G is a plane I built as a project and since it doesn't have retracts, I rarely fly it. It's been over three years since its last flight, so I decided to take it out. I'm glad I did. It is another great performer in grass that isn't as short as it should be.
(not pictured) The Hurricane has spent the past year in the hangar because of its trickiness on landing. It is one of the best flying planes I have, though, and possibly the fastest.
First up was the Alby. As the grass was overdue to be cut at the field, it was especially long and tricky for small foam planes to get off the ground. The Alby had no problems, though. The thin, large wheels were excellent at getting through the grass and the plane launched without any hesitation. Once in the hot air, it performed well, although loops are still very tricky with this plane. Landings were picture-perfect, and no nose-overs were experienced.
Next up was the Me109G. I gunned the throttle (something I never like
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