Howdy, the North Star flew last night but it sure was a SCARY flight...[X(]....The model was very "squirrely" to fly probably a result of a gusty wind combined with a very mushy elevator control. Yes, that looooooong plastic elevator control snake is far from optimal. Engine is an OS.45 FSR and a rather large 8 oz. tank is placed right behind engine in the pod. We filled her up to 2/3 with fuel and placed c.g. at 50mm ahead of the step with some weight added to the nose. Thanks alasdair for giving us that piece of info on the c.g. placement - had we gone according to the plan - just ahead of the step - I think the plane would have been lost by now...THANKS....!
Plane bounced at start and broke the nose wheel/bulkhead but will soon be repaired.
Thanks all for good info on the North Star.....Cheers/Harald