Ok, here's a sneak peek at the new toy. I'm sure you'll either love it or hate it, but I figured what the heck.

It will be a while before it's finished, and then I want to do some hard flight testing and tweaking to get it as good as possible. But so far, so good. The first one will have retracts (no I'm not crazy, just testing something) and then another will have Matt's fixed gear. The design will very easily accept both.

The basic structure is all wood and foam, and the canopy, cowl and belly pan will be glass/carbon. The Tempest flies great and is a good temporary solution to a large problem, and I intend to solve a big one with this new plane. Easier to build, and no limitations due to design and materials. It also builds a little lighter in general, although this very first one won't be light. It's a prototype and I used all of my worst wood, and will have a lot of filler etc....so it won't be super light. It will be legal though, and the lighter the better. Actually the fuse is MUCH lighter than the Tempest with good wood at this point.

Well enjoy.

-Mike