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Bird of Time Gallery

The Bird of Time is a classic and often copied 3M design. Mine was built from a Dynaflite kit. It's just over 4 pounds, making it by far the heaviest plane I own.

Kit modifications include spoilers and flaps, servos are in the wings.

I'll never use transparent green Monokote again - it "bruises" easily with the iron.

Bigger is better

Maiden voyage

Going up...

Off the hook...

Thermal turns are surprisingly easy

Flight feels very smooth

Needs a fair bit of room for landing, but not as much as I was afraid it would

And we're down, completing a successful first flight.