Today we maidened my Monnett Monerai in aerotow. I couldn’t organise a tow-pilot so we decided that I would tow and my mate Georg would fly my Monerai. The first two starts and landings were astonishingly uneventful. No trim or adjustments to any of the settings needed. It flew just perfectly as it was. It does have a sink rate larger than our big wingspan scale 1:3.5 ships – to be expected for an 11m (3.14m) wingspan glider. But it takes thermals surprisingly well – especially with a lot of camber. It’s also absolutely easy to fly and land. A lovely little toy. For the third start we changed the transmitter layout to mode 2 (from mode 4, the preferred setting of Georg) and I took over the Monerai after landing the towplane. I’m totally hooked on this little baby. Unexpectedly, another towplane showed up and gave me two more “rides”. At the last flight I caught some wonderful spring thermals and also tested the Monerai with a barrell roll and a looping. It performs wonderfully in every respect. I look forward to playing with it a bit more on the slope or in aerotown shortly.