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Old 05-23-2020, 09:40 AM
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I think I may finally I have discovered the reason for the spiraling at launch: too much play in the motor pod slide box. I had the same problem with my Apogee Cirrus Breeze, only it was a slide wing and therefore a much more severe situation because the slide box was even looser, causing it to get into a death spiral once it transitioned to glide mode.

Apparently having the pod's slide box loose enough to rock a few degrees on the way up is enough to cause a bit of spiralling (in itself not a bad thing) but it's definitely not something you'd want once it transitions to glide. I've since managed to tighten things up, but due to the pandemic thing, won't be able to test fly it till later.
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