Well I got a 40% FC Extra 330 flying today- finally. It was the end of last August when I started the process, and its been round-about, but I do have one FC Extra flying. Yes! It flies pretty well. The astonishing thing is, I realize Jason was right- the FC 40% is so light it torque rolls at three clicks of throttle. It makes it very difficult to back down to the ground, basically going between idle to 2 clicks to back it down. I suppose I'll set up another throttle curve for 3D. By the way, 3D is great even with the forward CG. It feels like I'm flying a feather. Everything is light on the controls, stable and predictable. It does have the familiar "Extra Design" wing rock during positive alpha but if anyone has licked this (without radio mixing) I'd love to hear their ideas.

Thanks for the advice about mounting the rx's. I used a rx pillow by JTEC. Its velcro'd down. Thanks for the advice everyone who responded.

The plane tracks lines very well, probably best of any plane I've flown. Negative snaps are great, positive snaps to the left are good, positive snaps to the right are difficult, particularly vertical snaps. The airplane does not want to break to the right positive.

Has anyone out there had that experience?

Anyhow, going from a 48 Lb plane to a 34Lb airplane with roughly the same thrust is going to take some serious adjusting!

The 46% Goldsmith CAP did rolling circles better better, particularly one rollers, due to the rudder authority. It also did positive alpha much better. However the Extra presents better in lines. Its interesting to see each design having its advantages.

A couple of JR notes. I love the JR programming, I was able to adjust while I was flying during the first two flights- mix for rudder to aileron and elevator, dual rates and control throw; and I am a novice at programming computer radios.

Second If anyone is interested in the matchbox setup, here is how I did it- I have one matchbox in each wing to adjust the aileron servos. Elevators were set up with screw-horns, so I adjusted them manually and did not use matchboxes there, but I used one matchbox on the rudder with 4 JR 8411 servos. I have a second switch from my battery going directly into the matchbox. The setup seems to work well.

See you at the Nall.

P.S. where is a good place to stay?

Don