I haven't gotten around to enlarging the prop cuts in the spinner, hence the lack of prop in the photos. The RV-8's companion in the pics is my GP RV-4, also with a DLE30. Comparing these two airplanes is inevitable since they are so similar and I happen to own both. I've had the RV-4 about three years or so and it remains one of the best-flying airplanes I've ever owned. For scale airplanes, I tend to lean toward warbirds, but Karl Hibbs turned me on to the RV-4. "You need one of these" were his exact words. Though Karl is seldom wrong, he was never more correct than with that statement. For the maiden, the RV-8 will probably fly sans spinner. The RV-4 originally had a Saito 180. Great engine, but as the price of glow fuel escalated it got pretty expensive to feed. When I realized that flying my turbines was no more expensive per flight than the Saito, it was time for a change. The DLE30 makes noticably more power than the Saito and will fly all weekend on 6 bucks worth of gas. Helluva deal. I haven't ripped the wings off of the RV-4 yet, but it's not for lack of trying.