Mike,

To tell you the truth, the wind today was nearly right down the runway. I noticed how light the plane felt in the turnarounds. When I got off the gas in my turn to base for landing, the plane slowed down instantly. I kept a high idle all the way in and cut it when I was over the numbers. I think without any wind, this will float by real easily (thin airfoil, light plane....).

I realized too that the edges could be easily softened alot during the template process, prior to cutting the fuse deck cores. It would easily change the look a good bit.

One of my favorite items is the open nose above the spinner. You can look right in there and see your nose ring and YS regulator. Cooling looks like it will not be a problem.

Here is a close up of the front end during the build.... I also angled the inlet of the pipe tunnel to improve header clearance and airflow out of the engine bay (sorry for the low quality pic...).