Well, two weeks ago the aircraft made its maiden fllight. I haven't painted it yet because I wanted to see it fly before I went to all the trouble. Although the landing was a little touchy, it came home without a scratch. One of the ailerons came uncoupled near the end of the flight because I must have forgotten to tighten the screw securing the horn to the splined shaft. We noticed that it suddenly needed several more clicks of trim for no apparent reason. So it came in on one aileron and just a touch tail heavy.

It came out at 53 lbs, a little over what I had predicted, and it was decided that a few more pounds of nose weight are in order. So, it's going to be 55 lbs. before paint!

Am having a new muffler made, because the original broke apart during taxi tests, and we ended up flying it with that big Quadra exausting inside the cowl. It was a perfect day and I wasn't going to miss my chance to see it fly because of a muffler, so I took my chances and flew it anyway. Didn't hurt a thing.
Am attaching an 'at the field pic'

John