OK, managed to get a maiden on her in the dying light last night - have to say it was very impressive! Not a single click of trim was required although I did have my CofG way too far back (would climb on an inverted 45 degree upline [&:]) so things weren't as 'locked in' as they could have been.

The DA50 was set to run a little on the rich side but was still generating silly amounts of power! Was hovering around 1/3 throttle.

My mods to the control surfaces gave me some 3D rates that were simply mental - about 4 rolls a second and enough elevator for superb harriers (which had very little wing rock).

Need some more right thrust - may use a rudder to throttle mix first to see if that works well.

Loads of torque from the DA when torque rolling - needs plenty of right aileron to conteract it.

Overall, a very impressive machine which, when I've got CofG etc sorted, should be an absolute blast!

Will report back soon!

Rgds,
Mark