This seems to be a gripe of quite a few folks, not being able to get the throws claimed by the manual. For me it's not an issue as I'm not likely to be needing 3D rates anytime soon - I'm more of a pattern flyer.

Hopefully I should be ready to do a maiden flight this weekend, powered by a Model Motors AXI 5330/18 and a 20"x11" prop. However, we've had a bit of a cold snap arrive here in the UK yesterday and it started snowing - the forecast is that this is going to hang around for a couple of weeks.[&o]

Phil