The Ozone FLX

I finally got it yesterday. While I kited it a lot, today was the first time I got to fly and test it out.

But things didn't start out so great.

Firstly, the FLX has trimmers which gives it essentially 3 speeds: acro, super acro, and infinity. Secondly, the coast was nuking pretty good and northy. As I flew low close to the cliffs with the trimmers off, I'm sure I caught a bit of rotor which caused the wing to frontal, dropping me about on the cliff about 30 ft. above the beach, and right on my neck and shoulders. Reminded me when I got slammed doing throws in jiu-jitsu.

Luckily, the tide was out (I knew this beforehand) and landed/rolled on the beach. More importantly, the FLX wasn't damaged and it didn't get dirty at all! Nonetheless, I'm going to be fucking sore tomorrow.

Instead of calling it a day, I re-launched from Walker which is important because I didn't want to think about the accident and get intimated by it. But this time, I launched with the trimmers on "acro" which enabled me to penetrate and get up. (I think with the trimmers pulled all the way in, it's slightly slower than the 6907.) After a few wingovers and halfpipes, I decided to try some helicos. It took me a few attempts to find the parachutal point, but once I did, I had them dialed perfect. That thing helis SO fast, but I guess at 15 meters open, it's supposed to!

I'm looking forward to another good day on the coast to take it up and practice more. But even more exciting is that I'm going towing for 3 days this weekend. My plan is to spend the first day making sure I do tailslides, full stalls, misty flips, helicos, and dial in all the combo tricks. Then days 2 & 3 I will focus solely on the rhythmic SAT and if that goes well . . . . on to the Infinitron!