My slightly customized Bendix had it's first flight today.It took off beautifully. Very little trim required. Fairly aerobatic and fun to fly. On landing, I had to come off on the power almost completely for it to slow down enough to settle in. A bit of a floater. Stalls are straight ahead with a slight wing drop but can be recovered easily by applying power. Keep the rudder throws big if you like to do rudder stalls etc.I found it better to keep big throws on while flying and then had the rates dialed down to 40-50% for landing and takeoff with some40% expo for smooth controlability.

The Turnigy NTM 42-38 750kv motor with a4S4000 mah LIPO was plenty adequate. I used a 14x6 S-2 Master Airscrew prop. Flew little more than what a scale plane would, but if you want this plane to really jump off the ground for some "Hardcore" aero then I would recommend something with a little more punch.I'm plenty pleased with it however and will keep it. Battery, ESCand motor barely warm after multiple flights. The 4000 4S could get about 8-10 mins but could probably get more but I didn't push it. I would highly recommend any of the changes I outlined above in my other posts.

Number one on my list of changes would be the easy change to make the access hatch magnetic. A real pain to be unscrewing all the time. The consealing the servos and control hornreally added to the looks as well. AUW with the large battery was 5.8 pounds or 2.6 kg with no adverse effects on performance. Like I said, it was still a floater.

Remember to check those servo mounts!!!

Hope this helps, Cheers from the land of Smiles