I put 4 more flights on the Pitts yesterday and she flew great. I made the changes on the elv and got them right on the money, also re did the throttle linkage and tweaked the needles on the motor. She is purring like akitten at idle and roaringlike a lion when you openher up..lol
Had a pretty stiff wind down the runway and she was off the ground at 1/4 throttle, just a pretty scale like takeoff.. In the air there is no shortage of fun, the plane tracks great.. Rolls are quick even on low rates and inverted flight needs very little if any elv. input.. Knife edge doesn't need any elv either and does she do pretty ones, fullfield is apiece of cake.. The rudder is also very effective, it's a winner all the way around...
Now that everything is all tweaked and flying great, it looks like the weather is about done for flyingthis year... All in all, I couldn't be happier on how it all turned out.. I still have a few things to address over the winter and I plan on putting a smoke system in, if anyone has one on theirs, would love to hear about it... When my new cowl gets here I will put on a wrap around muffler so i don't have to cut it up.. With my current set up cooling is a non issue, I took a reading after I landed and it was at 171......

Set upat the field isproving to be as easy as it can be for what it is. I leave theouter strutsattached to the lower wing panels and with the one piece top wing, it's a total of 8 screws, not to bad at all... I might start bringing a table with so I don't have to lay on the ground...

Thanks again guys for all the help,I ended up with a winner because of it......

Jimbo