Hey Diablo hurry up and fly the Giles I want to hear what you think of it after all the work and research you have done on yours. I am getting ready to throw some ski's on mine and do some ice flying, it's a great change from flying through the tree's all the time (lots of tree's by our field) in fact it's kind of weird to have all that room close to the ground, I like it. I know you have checked everything so I'm just gonna give you this one more time in case you forgot. The Giles is going to come off the ground a lot sooner than you think, I fly mine alot and it still surprises me sometimes, don't freak just power up level off and fly it out. I say power up because you won't reach half throttle before she starts to fly and when it comes off the ground you won't have enough speed to just fly straight up and away, it will feel like she's going to stall and is very close to doing just that so throw the coals to it first thing and then fly it out. Easy on the sticks my friend and remember to fly her all the time, she's a jelouse plane that demands all your attention in order to have the most fun with her. I hope I'm not sounding like a broken record but I would hate to see something bad happen on your maiden with the Giles because once you get used to it you will love it.