Well it's taken me awhile to get back to this thread with the results.
After 2 crashes due to a bad battery pack, (fixed now) and a few modifications, the plane is a nice flying machine.
I had landing gear on it but 1st night out a weed landing removed them and the loss of nose weight made the plane fly great.
After the rebuilds and just minor changes I came in at 4 .lbs 11 .oz
I let a couple of guys fly it after it was done and they all said it flew good. A little tame for their tastes but a nice flyer.
Ya with the .32 on it it doesn't hover or nothin, and you won't go out of site vertically but I'd say I hit my above stated goals as far as flying goes.
As for build time it took longer than hoped but with some redesigning I think that can be resolved.