F3B workshop

The day of the first F3B workshop dawned bright but rather windy! Quite a few pilots arrived, it was decided to have a few demonstrations of speed runs and then practice runs by the new pilots.

Sunrise, rather windy!

Javelin and backup "heavy" Xplorer ready for action

I did 2 quick test flight with the Javelin to check the now more forward CoG and to see if the added color helped with visibility. The plane was flying well and I can now really see it well!

Easy to see in the air!

Soon there were quite a few planes assembled and the fun started!

A few of the planes present.

Lots of interest in the launch!

Away she goes!

The electric launch proved to be a huge benefit! I could easily do 3-4 practice speed runs from one launch!

All you need for some  F3B practice, an electric launch plane, TX and some batteries.

I am looking forward to the next workshop. The plane is really flying well and it will join my F5J fleet for those really windy days! I wish I had it during the Nationals, my light planes really suffered but the Javelin would have been perfect!