Almost lost the Sioux.

My son and I took the Sioux out this past weekend. Temps were hot as can be making it not very enjoyable. In addition, I got two 1/2A combat planes out with brand new Norvel's on them and one is pretty down on power. It made combat not very fun due to the fact I didn't bring any backup planes. I really haven't had much of a chance to see what's going on with it. I know I had issues with it early on. Unfortunately, not a lot of excitement in the video. Watching paint dry is probably more entertaining.\

As for the Sioux, we did some things since the last flight. We went with a 7x3 Rev-Up prop which seems to be working real well. In fact a little too well. I took out the slight warp on the outboard tip of the wing. While this sounds good, I should've left it as it would immediately spiral down in a right circle. First flight she goes off and I added rudder to see if I could get a more right handed induced turn. Rudder has more impact on takeoff opposed to glide. You can see the plane goes hard into a left handed banking turn, doesn't gain altitude and hits the ground. No damage and we took out the rudder. My son launches and now the prop is overpowering the plane. It goes fast into a spiral and begins doing loops. Now I need more downthrust which I didn't have in at the time and the loops start leaning out the engine. Not only is it running too long, it's leaning going even faster. Well at around 350 ft it levels out and flies away. My son went on the trek to find it. It flew into a 3' high soybean field. I did find the plane. It was 3/4 of a mile away atop of the soybeans sitting on it's gear. WOOO HOOO!! because I was getting a bit mad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3QM0jEUFiU