I finished the plane about a year ago.

Final finish

The maiden went exceptionally well in the beginning.
It was powered by a XiCoy X-45. I had a 40 oz DuBro tank and a two oz header which I calculated as enough for a 7 minute flight. Total weight dry was 13.24 #. I rotated after about 100' from our paved runway and climbed out as I normally do. I was at full power as I made the initial turn, cut that back to 1/2 power on the downwind run, then decided the plane liked about 60% power for cruising. As I made each pass down the runway I increased the throttle about 10%. On the third or fourth pass my spotter called out he thought he saw flutter in the left aileron. I made a pass at a slightly reduced throttle and did not see any flutter so I went back to speeding it up.
On the sixth or seventh pass the right horizontal stab broke off taking its elevator with it.



Needless to say things went downhill from there. I was at about 50' heading toward a lake, then a fire station, so I had to turn immediately. I can tell you that the plane does not turn at all well with half the elevator. My initial reaction to a part falling off the plane was to reduce power so nothing else would depart the plane, and that reaction was probably the reason for its demise. After that initial turn I was unable to keep it in the air and it rolled over and dove into the ground.
Lots of pieces. Everything forward of the intakes was reduced to pieces no larger than a quarter except for the nose retract.
I haven't gotten the electronics for the turbine to come back to life, so I don't have the saved info from the turbine. The case is undamaged. I broke the strap and slightly damaged the FOD screen.
I now have the same parts I started this project with and am debating with myself on building another.
The cons of the plane are that it is a little difficult to see its attitude after about 1500 feet, and it did not finish the flight. It is also a draggy airframe.
It flew well at about 80% throttle at I would guess was about 110 mph. I would guess the top speed with this power system would be about 130. Its top speed was on a par with a 100-120 EDF on 12s.
John