Well, after working on the bird Thursday till 5:30 am, Friday till 4:30 am, and then not going to bed at all Friday night, I did finish and fly it in Saturday's contest!!! I really didn't expect to be competitive at this contest, just flying it was a win for me... this time. I moved into expert this season and placed third at the first two contest, all while flying a slab nosed Original Kaos. I LOVE the way this Compensator grooves, and feel it will give me the edge to move up the podium! Of coarse I will need to trim it out, and PRACTICE!

I did not have time to do anything with the canopy, or finish the trim (Monokote), need to bend another set of mains, and balance. Over all I am very satisfied with the build. I have not built a foam wing in years, they just always seemed to be heavy. I skinned this one with some non-contest grade wood, using Gorilla glue, and a vacuum pump. I learned from David that I should shoot for 2.5lbs, and it finished out at 2lbs .7oz! That was a pleasant surprise. The plane ready to fly as in the pic is 6lbs even. It feels good and the 61 SF pulls it very well.