I finally got one put together, but am hesitant to fly it. It is ready to go and I will take it to the field today. If I get my courage up enough, I may do the maiden flight. Spiro gave me a lot of good tips so hoping those will help me be successful. Our Open House is this Saturday and it is my goal to have it trimmed up and flying. Our club did have one in the past - I never did see it fly until it was handed down to me to get ready for this open house. The first flight was all over the sky, but I managed to get it down in one piece. I added some nose weight and a lot of expo to the controls. The second flight it took off fairly nice, and after turning downwind, I lost my orientation and froze up. It ended up going into the middle of the Jordan River at full throttle. It splattered into many pieces - the river pumps from Utah Lake are turned off int he winter - so I could see it in the minimal flow, but it took me an hour and a half wading and crawling in the mud and water to retrieve the important parts. I had to dig the engine out of the mud, but I got back everything except the handle which floated down the stream. So I went to work on another one - no one said that I am completely sane, some say I am plane nuts! But we shall see. Our club also has a flying Superman which I have seen fly, and it is a real handful.

Qwerty3: how is the Flying Doghouse? I got a set of plans from the Internet, but it looked like a handful to even build, Perhaps when I get all my other projects complete (if I have enough lifetime), I might try it.

I am trying to attach some pics. the first three are of the one I crashed. the last one is a Flyingthingz prototype - needed some mods to make it viable, but probably won't make it to production with Flyingthingz closed down.