I finally got to fly mine today. What a great flyer it only took 3 clicks of up and no aileron trim and it was flying hands off. I was really nervous just like it was my first flight when I started 4 years ago. After I got the shaking in my knees to settle down I really enjoyed the rest of the flight. I flew it for 12 minutes and the plane was smooth and showed no bad habits. To check the stall break I had the throttle at idle and the elevator all the way up and the plane just kept flying. The engine was idling a little high and the plane would not stall. It finally broke as soon as I let up on the elevator. The stall was very gental and broke to the left a little. I only flew it on low rates and they were fine for the kind of flying that I do. I needed to add some expo on the aileron and elevator. I flew around the pattern and did some rolls and a couple of loops. I was really getting into the flight and started to set up for landing. I brought the plane around and had a nice smooth landing. What a relief I am glad that the first flight is over. The DA-50 ran great and just needs to have the low end needle turned a touch leaner. I was using a 22x8 Bolly prop and the engine had gobs of power. I only flew the plane at half throttle and could climb straight up as far as I wanted to. My plane came out at 17 lbs 6 ozs total weight without fuel.

Tom Thanks for a great flying plane
I will be ordering one of the new 25% 540T this week to try out my 3W-24 on and I will do a build and flight review for those interested.

Rick