Well, I flew the Bobcat again today, several times. I had put the battery under the fuel tank to get it as far forward as possible, and that raised the tank enough to be fine with the plane inverted (to start it). Unfortunately, it was too high to sit upright without fuel dripping from the carb at idle. I moved the battery to over the tank, that works fine. I just start it with the plane upright. The plane flies very nice. It is like an old pattern plane, easy to fly real smooth and does nice aerobatics. Does a pretty wicked snap-roll. Glides real nice (I deadsticked several times while working out the fuel problem.) Lands easier than a trainer. Smooth and doesn't try to balloon on you with every gust.
Nice. Looks real good in the air and on the ground, too. Makes you look good, too- the way it is so smooth. Knife edge was pretty, inverted took zero stick. Darn TT 42 is so quiet I couldn't hear it over the other planes, even on low passes. Quietest glow I've flown. Quieter than my trainer was with a MDS 40. It would be a great second plane. I had an Easy Sport as my second, (also nice- especially now that they are monocoat), but this is a lot smoother.