Have a Super Tigre .75 on mine, no weight needed anywhere. Used the supplied pushrods, but I did put lock-tite on the elevator split rod system, plus bent the extra rod leftover out to the side a bit, in case it wanted to get loose and slide a bit, I wouldn't lose the whole thing. Nothing has happened on that, as yet, with 30 or more flights.

The landing gear main axle has broken it's solder/weld on mine, letting that little wing flop around. I've soldered it back with silver solder, and it's holding up. No rough landings, either. This thing lands at a literal walk, and we've got a smooth field, too.

The long CA hinge on the rudder starting splitting from the top-down on mine. Wasn't sure if this was from flutter in the air (doubt it, no high-power dives or anything silly), or from my bumping the rudder on the side of the Blazer tailgate when taking it in and out fully assembled (more likely). Replaced it totally with some Hayes hinges, seems to be holding up well.

Overall, I really like it. Gets oodles of attention at the field, and it's by far the easiest landing airplane I've flown in a while, and those DR1's are famous for nosing over. This one won't.... Still gives me goosbumps when I fly it. I'm expecting the worst, like my old Proctor DR1 gave me, but it just flies around really nice.


phil in austin