Today, the wind dropped down to around zero km/h. What a perfect launch day! I prepped the X-21 with an A8-3. Attached is an image of the X-21 on the launch pad, to give you an idea of the size of it... pretty bad picture though. I need a better digital camera.

The X-21's boost was very straight and very quick. Despite all that balsa, she's a very light bird. Transition to glide was smooth and graceful. The glide was quite flat, with a moderate right spiral. I'd like to open the turn up a bit next time with some adjustments to the elevon stop wires. The landing was gentle and flat.

I was going to send it up again with a B4-2, but as I was tensioning the elevon hold-down thread, the thread snapped. I think the clip nicked the thread or cut through it. I had no thread on hand, so had to put the X-21 away for the day.

A SAROS launch is scheduled for tomorrow. If the wind is acceptable, I can try another flight then.

Pretty cruddy image, eh? I need a better digital camera!

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