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Starting to get the Colorado 2 dialed in.
Raising the angle of the prop wash and increasing the angle of the “chevron” has greatly improved inflation.
The wing behaved well while I was getting “in” to the risers and inflated clean. The center (leading edge)still looks like it’s wants to frontal but as soon as I’m rolling it comes up and catches...
It was a challenging afternoon that culminated with a hard landing . I did a bit of kiting while the winds settled down. It was variable 5 to 10 cycling about every few minutes. The good news is that lowering the axle 5 inches seems to have done the trick. I’d like a few more launches with a good surface but the prop wash didn’t disturb the wing prior to throttle up.
...Good flight but the wing made a taco during inflation.
Next time I going to try a bit deeper V and tuck up the center to try to keep the prop wash from catching it.
