I finally had a chance to really ring out my Avistar. I got to fly twice this week and had some really great weather. I was a little worried that I over-powered this plane but realize that I got good advice here to get the OS46fx. I still think it is nose heavy and tried to measure the CG with my fingers at about 2 1/2" but it really doesn't seem to bother it. I went on Monday and saw another flier with the Avistar with the OS40la and he was wishing he had the 46 like me. His takoff's were slower and longer. My plane, I just hit it to full and it goes[>:] I only use full throttle for take-off's and fly at 1/3 to 2/3. I also got to see three other planes crash that day and I didn't fly too much because we took alot of my time looking for one of the planes[&o].
I got to fly again on Thursday and flew till my reciever battery was getting low. I had about 12 flights, half of which I was praticing my landings. I only hit the prop and stalled the engine once by turning it too sharp with too much speed. I must of had at least 30 landings, some bouncy but not too bad. I really like this plane and decided not to move the equipment out into a new plane. If I buy a new plane I'll have to save for it's own engine & flightpack. I got to see a 4star40 fly on Thursday and think I'll get a kit and build it when it gets too cold to fly.

Chris