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Old 10-29-2016 | 06:30 PM
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It has two flights on it now re-maidened on a windy day and she flew pretty well.. two nice landings (whew)!

It does land a bit faster than I expected with a pretty strong wind but it was manageable.. I did a snap roll and she did tumble nice. I saw the comment above after the test flight about the elevator being a plane killer.. oh man, I have like 1.5 inch throw up and down... I don't tend to slam the sticks around unless I am attempting a stall maneuver so I got away with it I guess.I am pretty sure I am right at 6 3/4 pounds. I ended up with the battery right in the cockpit to balance. I don't think any of it is in front of the dash. Getting the balance right was a shock, as I have never had a converted glow go this way.

Now I am going to go watch the video above as I somehow missed it before