Got a few more flights on the Flyer. After final trim, it took a nickel taped to the battery to make it fly right. Get 3-4 minutes off a full charge. I put a 1200 mah LiPo on it and flew for 20 min. Great fun flying circles 2 feet off the ground, but it will also climb as high as you want.

I have had my share of hard landings. If you nose it in it comes to an abrupt stop. Also cartwheeled it once when I dragged a wingtip. When I put mine together I did not use any glue, just slipped the wings and canard in place, this makes it very flexible and seems to minimize any crash damage.

The motor mounts both broke off at the rear. The post sheared off. I tried cable ties, but they were too floppy, so I epoxied a couple of pieces of 1/2 ply to the mounts and remounted them with screws. The front crossmember that supports the battery sheared off at the ends, but a 1/8 in dowel will push through and works fine. All in all, this plane gives me something to fly at the park so I don't have to drive 30 min to the field, in fact, I have been able to fly it in the cul-de-sac in front of our office, it's about 75' in diameter, and I can fly circuits around it.

Nothing exciting here, but it really looks cool in flight. For excitement I take my gassers to the field.