Hey Jim , its up weight was 16.5 lbs, I went with 1/1/2 postive on tne main wing, zero in th tail plane and zero zero on the engins, 2 degrees of washout on the tips, 5 flawless flights so far and I still have to try out the flaps, the only problem I have encountered is crosswinds, the only way I could take off was with full dwon elevator to hold the nose wheel on until I got up flying speed, I went with the SAR yellow for the same reason you state, I have a few warbirds in camo and the turn onto the runway is against a vary dark mountain side and they just vanish, re picture, you may notice no cowlings on for the first flights MIke