I finally got it in the air today but it took some work. One issue was the fuel line from the tank was split at the end of the brass exit tube. A fair amount of fuel had spilled inside the tank compartment. Luckily the foam padding absorbed most of it. I removed the tank and fixed the tube, replaced the fuel line and cut new foam spacers to hold it in place. I also replaced the high speed needle valve assembly as the old one was loose and the knurl was worn. I also had to replace the glow plug even though the one in it was new when I started running it last week. It will start and idle well and produce good power now. The take off was a non-event...nice ground roll, the tail came up, a little back pressure and up it went. It needed a fair amount of nose down trim to keep level flight into the wind and just a little aileron trim. Rolls and loops nicely and motors along at a good clip at just half throttle. I tried the flaps at altitude and couldn't really see how it reacted to help or not. Slowed it up at altitude and full up elevator produced a nice "falling leaf". Added power and flew out of it nicely. A couple laps around the landing pattern and it was time to come in under the telephone lines off the north end of the runway. It stayed nice and steady and touched down with a short roll out. Whew! I need to find a way to get more cooling air OUT of the cowling and I think it will be all set. No in flight pics but there were witnesses.

Jaybird