I did system checks and some taxi tests with my SIG Ryan this past weekend at a Memorial Fun-Fly at my local club. I had purchased mine mostly built from the widow of a former member last year and finally got back to it a few weeks ago. The taxi tests showed it to be a little squirley and the engine didn't like being cowled. I made one high speed run but it veered left off into the high grass and flipped over. Some minor covering damage (it's very old and brittle) but that's all...except for my bruised ego, of course. The CG is still a little forward of the recommended positon so I'm going to try adding some bracing to the tail and a little counter weight to see if I can get it back to the position shown on the plans. It got a lot of attention and I hope it flies well. It's always hard trying to straighten out an old model that someone else built and has been sitting for a long time. My first post on this starts on page 24, post #577 for those interested in it's history.

Jaybird