Maiden flight was this past weekend and all I can saw is WOW, this is a keeper! Saturday was not the best day for a maiden with 10-15mph winds but it was coming straight down the runway so I gave it a go. The SD tracked perfectly down the runway and made a beautiful scale takeoff. A couple clicks of right aileron and down elevator had her flying hands-off. The landing looked even better, I just lined her up on the center line, chopped the power and she practically landed herself. The guys in the club were impressed! Sunday was practically windless and it was even more impressive. Loops, rolls, hammerheads and a little inverted all performed like I really knew what I was doing. I'm still feeling her out and I think a little rudder mix and maybe some differential would smooth things out but I think this is going to be a fun airplane.

I built the kit mostly by the book except that I added the door with the intent of scaling out the cockpit but as everyone warned, she came out tail heavy and I was forced to move the batteries all the way forward and the tank back over the CG. not the worst place for the tank but it messed up my cockpit plans. Power is a G-38 with an EI conversion and it fits the plane perfectly, both in size and power. Even with the Zenoah and batteries in the nose I ended up adding 10oz of lead to get her to balance on the recommended cg. Total weight is 18.2 lbs.