I flew the Fik 80 fuselage / Fik 100 wing some more this morning, and it flew pretty well at a slow speed. It makes more noise than the Pico-Stick since some resonance is occurring with the mount, but other than that, it’s a nice lazy flyer. I had to trim the rudder a bit to the left, so I think I’ll put in a carbon 1.5 mm rod along the length of the fuselage to straighten out the glider.
When I was out at the park at 6:00 am this morning, there was no wind and I couldn’t smell any smoke. Two hours later, the wind had picked up, and I could smell the smoke coming in from the Santa Cruz Mountains fire. Last Friday, I didn’t run since it was too hot. Now I think I might not run today in order to save my lungs from the smoke. I wonder if the conditions today are a good day in Beijing.