Andy, My guess is that you flew with another guy in the plane both times. That puts the CG aft, and the plane is at its worst behavior. They are a joy to fly solo, but a little twitchy with a passenger, and the climb is a little disappointing with a passenger, even with a big Corvair. And as others have said, the CG on both planes was probably close to the aft CG range. They're really not that hard to fly. I landed mine today in an 80 degree 20 knot crosswind gusting to 26 knots...
Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
