It flies! It floats .. some notes

1. I think I have a forward CG that I need to move back a bit. Our runway is 640' and I had some difficulties slowing the plane down to hit the runway. Greased the landings nicely.. but they were a bit quicker than I would have liked. Ended up looking very scale as I had to setup pretty far out and come in at a shallow angle in order to limit speed on touchdown... looked just like a real plane landing.

2. OS GT33 : great engine. probably overpowered for this plane though. The plane will knife edge loop using the break-in prop to give you an idea how strong it is

3. non-axial rolls, I need to experiment with some aileron differential to smooth those out. Currently we are at 1:1 on the ailerons, I wasn't really worried about this for the maiden flights

4. i need to plumb the rest of the smoke system.....

5. Its a tiny bit floaty, but not so much that it is a problem ...


I like it, its different. Its going to make me a better pilot... not because its hard to fly, but it doesn't give you things for free. rudder is required for flight, and you can tell when the pilot is "yanking and banking" and not flying the plane like a real aircraft. You won't do axial rolls without rudder/elevator input etc... spins come pretty easy but you have to work to get out of them...I've only tried your standard upright spin so far... I haven't tried a flat spin yet ...