Don't you love it when, for a change, things work out! I had a piece of .096 aluminum sheet which, when placed behind the upper motor mount, angled the engine down about 2.86 degrees. Any more than that and the back of the muffler would hit the fuselage. I was able to slant the cowl down to match without any problems. Not only does it look okay, but when you look at a side view of the full-size T-28, the cowl slopes down about the same.

Took it out for a test flight today. It was really gusty but the plane flew well. From part throttle in level flight, hit full throttle and the nose barely rises. Flew well inverted with only slight forward stick required so I can bury the tail weight in the fuselage and the lateral balance weight in the wing tip to improve the looks. I'll take it out again next week to play with the flaps.

Had lots of good comments from the guys at the field "Looks great in the air and on the runway. But, I need to think about retracts.