[ConcreteTurtle]

Date: 12 July 12
Conditions: Steady breeze and some gusts
Aircraft: E-Flite MiG-15 Ultra Micro DF

A few days ago, I got a great birthday present from my mates, the brand new E-Flite MiG-15 UM. Today was the first opportunity to give her a maiden and see what she can do. The weather was a bit rough for micro flying, however the temptation of first flight was too much and 3 of us headed out with ultra micros. After getting my eye in with my UM Mossie it was time to give her a go.

Claudio kindly buddied with me for the maiden, but the takeoff was really smooth if a bit longer than I'm used to. In the air, the AS3X was amazing, the little MiG punched into the wind and behaved great. The gyros make a world of difference in the wind, where the mossie was really tricky to get back into the upwind, the little MiG was pulling off really crisp circuits (with pretty quick downwind legs of course).
I was running at about 50% throttle most of the time, but low and high speed handling was excellent as well. I handed over for the landing, but it seemed really easy and floaty on approach.

Overall, this is a great little plane. The scale detail is really nice, and the paint scheme looks good too. Batteries are good for about 4mins, so I've got some more on the way for the next time I head to the field.

In short, it's rapidly becoming my favourite plane.

Angus.