Hi Drrgill,

Yes, I just went with the original tank. I think I could probably do 10-15 minutes at high throttle, and a *lot* longer if I putter around at just above idle throttle. I didn't have any problems with the cowl (it's plastic/fiberglass reinforced so it's sturdy.) I finally broke down and spent the money on a dremel tool and that makes doing cowl openings ***so*** much easier. I haven't actually flown with the cowl on yet, but hadn't planned to open up more holes than is necessary. I was running a brand new engine on this airplane and it's my first 4 stroke. I think I had it adjusted too lean and after I richened it up by quite a bit it started to run much more reliably. I'm not too worried about it, and it's certainly no fault of the Kadet. :-) I think it was mostly cockpit trouble. I'm planning to do further flight testing with an fma direct copilot and perhaps even a gps/flight computer so I'll try to keep my web site up to date if I learn anything interesting. As far as rudder and coordinated turns go, from the ground, I can't tell if aileron only turns are coordinated or not, so I'd say you don't really have to worry about rudder too much when flying the plane. But, the Kadet responds really nicely to the rudder, so if you want to practice slips and play around with adding rudder to make your turns better, this is an excellent plane for that. I've found that getting my slips under control with this plane has been a huge asset towards getting my landings on the runway. The Kadet is such a floater, it will putter past at eye level and not even want to land. But if you can do a bit of (controlled) slipping at key points in your approach, you can bleed off the altitude you need to put the plane down about where you want to.

Regards,

curt.