Hello all! Been kinda slack tending to the thread. A day or two has turned to 4 or 5. Lots going on with a house remodeling and the end of the hog build 'Betty Bumble' flew today for the first time. It went great and went through a couple tanks of fuel......And I still got an airplane! Thank You Lord! No real surprises and just a few minor mechanical hickups, mainly on the gear. Had a collet in the gear to slip. Even with a flat spot on the shaft and locktite. Caused a few gyrations on the last couple takeoffs with a tire rubbing on the pants.,

First flight setup was CG @ 25% (maybe more like 23 or 24) (I heeded your advice Daddyo) Throws were as set as close as i could get to the published numbers. exponential was at 30 percent across the board except rudder, which was at 20. A friend , Tommy Paterson, was kind enough to do the first flight and did a great job. Needed a bit of left roll trim and a few clicks of down. Hard to tell with that much wind

Raydar, you are spot on. You gotta love it!!!! Solid and smooth, and that was saying something with the winds we had today. The local club field is plowed under to be releveled, and we all met up on the sod farms. Through a mixup the .last half of the day we flew off a rough area that dealt me several noseovers. Nicked a prop on one of them.

Got one of the glow batteries that i can move aft about three inches, and i am out of bullets on shifting weight around to get CG moved aft unless i jump over former F5 and figure out a way to get the battery in the tail boom. Since i am running the Dubro gear i can block it forward. Also i will add a bit more up elevator travel. Hopefully between these three things the nose over thing will go away. The general consensus in the threads was to move the gear forward, and i should have listened. Especially as heavy as that twin is. If all else fails i can redrill the gear plate. I built it over sized just in case.

Can't get over how well it flew! Really look forward to getting it dialed in and start getting the feel of it. Gunneredwards good luck on the job thing and your hog build. You are off to a great start! Just don't rush it too hard. After all, the build is half the fun!

Got a few pics and a piece of lousy video that i will upload later. Regards to all!