Oh Boy, this plane is going to be a lot of fun......

I got to the field late today and had absolutely no distractions, the temperature was high 60's with no wind. An absolutely perfect evening for a maiden. I did my check list and everything was A OK. I have a new Jet Cat P120, and she runs awesome, so here we go down the run way on low expo steering and this bird stays on the center yellow line, rock solid, and then there she goes a very flat take off with little or no rotation, just floating off the run way. It was very pretty, but that was the end of the easy flying!!!!!!!

Upon trying to make the first bank, it seemed that the elevator had little or no effect, as the bird is flying further and further away, I switch to high rate elevator and still she is slow to respond, my banks are about an 1/8 mile in radius and it feels like there is absolutely no up elevator in the turns. I finally manage to bring it in for a landing after 2 go arounds and she has alot of speed on final so I pray and go full throttle for a go around. After thanking God that the plane actually came around again, I decided to kill the engine and glide it in. She floated a distance and landed only slightly nose high.

OK what the heck is going on here???????????

Here are some ideas
1. Instructions say CG is 180 mm behind furthest point on wing. Is this wrong?? is my bird way way nose heavy with CG at this point??

2. Am I losing elevator deflection while in flight?? I am using JR 8611 servo, 4-40 wire and dubro heavy duty ball links??

3. I had forgotten to attach the bottom air brake cover (left it at home) could this negate elevator throws???

For those of you who have maidened there Hawk, please respond with your experience, and please measure the CG from the wing Tip leading edge.

I was lucky today, This Hawk looks great in the air and I am sure this problem is a set up problem and can be corrected. I am looking forward to bringing it to Tucson Jet Rally.


Thanks


Kevin Marks