For some reason, I'd like everybody to have a "tail number". As each plane is built and completed, we need the builders to claim their number.

I just learned of another completed Simla from Gary Le Platt. What would his "number" be??...I know we have the three prototypes, and Thom, (1,2,3, and 4), but I haven't heard for sure on the others...Bilberry and Richard for example. Can we get updates from you?

How many other Simlas have flown. I would guess #5 belongs to the Simla from Switzerland we saw pictured on the previous page. Anybody else want to claim his number?

I've been asked about control throws. What are you using? On the original, we set it up for what "looked right", then set the low rate to 50-60% of that. I also used Expo to soften the response.

To repeatmake sure the ailerons are sealed...on this plane it makes a world of difference in performance. On the original few flights, the gaps were not sealed, and the plane responded as quickly as an Airbus. Sealing the gaps made it perform much more like a "pattern plane."

Duane