Dave , Yes it was a tail heavy Quest,
That airplane was the worst flying pattern plane I ever designed. But it did more to teach me trimming than any of the others.

That season we had a 1.5 snap to two of two reverse I remember not being able to do that maneuver. Todd Blose flew it and said dude you use elevator to snap? (he was flying the Hyde out. so I tried it ,,it worked no elevator but, I knew that wasn`t right. So i went down that rabit hole, and figured out it was tail heavy, Way too tail heavy. I now know why and how I got bamboozled into flying it like that.
I didn`t always believe mix was bad, I learned how to eliminate them, through the design and trim process , out came the Shinden darn good flying airplane
I had three mixes and 3 flight conditions to fly the quest, I had to land it with spoilerons, use spoilerons on the hourglass it was also the last year I made the finals I think. I had to fly Big Fast and Out like Chip did in the worlds last year , just to keep in on track, it worked me to death!

ZN line contracted to kit the QUest But I was so dissapointed I could not get it flying right I never did kit it , I still have the plug.
and I`m thinking of bringng it back.
Eventualy I figured out why it flew so bad a year later, and Fixed it it flew Great after that ,till it crashed!
It`s my favorite airplane I have ever designed to this day (other than the Alferma)


Tony actually
I planned on flying my Shinden this year, the patterns are right in it`s wheel house I`ve yet to fly a better purer design. it rolls so easy,
But Matt F. needed an airplane so I let him use it.
Brett is stealing my (his) Bipe. soI`ll fly my trusty proto Valiant as normal I haven`t even flown yet this year. other than Bipe trimming.

I have a new trim guide being developed as we speak it`s a 4 page guide that answers all the questions on trimming like
If this is what the airplane is doing( see a-r for the fix) 15 possible problems 20 possible corrections.
it will be full size copy paper front and back double plastic laminated for durability, and the flight box.
it will also cover Myths, design flaws, with easy to follow instructions you will not have to read through a article to glean the fixes.

Watch my website for details
Enjoyed it.
Bryan