Slow-Worm 432
Want to learn to fly Free Flight Power? You won't find a simpler hot competition ship than this .09-.15-powered, 54-in.-span, 14-oz. pylon job. Or a more helpful mentor on trimming and flying than our author. As a longtime modeler returning to Free Flight after a 35-year detour into most categories of CL and RC, I initially found Rubber models the most appealing. My first Power efforts began only after I became comfortable with Rubber. Later still came more Power models - more models, that is, not more success. I found, as others undoubtedly have, that along with the higher performance of today's engines come faster crashes and more complete demolition.
Dragonfly P-30
So why violate the whole intent by aiming for a higher performance? Why slip in this Dragonfly? Just to see what can be done, that's why (you knew that all along, didn't you?). If we're willing to stretch the boundaries (but not the rules) a little, and to tinker with the predictable, we can get more exciting performance and still be within the P-30 class specifications. The Dragonfly should be thought of as one example of what can be achieved.
