OK, here is the update. I don't feel near so bad now. The guy who I tricked into building this thing for me (gallon of fuel) has put a bunch of these things together. He had problems and ended up having to use hinge tap on the elevator. I had ordered the Rimfire upgrade with it, plenty of power, I think it lifted me off the ground one time [X(].

OK, so how did it go - - - . It's A LOT of fun to fly. This was my first electric and now I'm hooked. Just grab it and walk outside and fly. The plane is VERY nimble and has gobs to much power with the Rimfire motor. The only downside is that the Flatout does not handle speed well, you got to keep her slow or things really start to torqed out of shape and cause all kinds of problems. We did identify one weak spot. That is were the CF landing gear rods pass through the wing edge. This area needs extra care. This little plane seems to do just about anything you can think of to do and then some. It looks like about 8-10 minute flight time on the recommended max size battery of 650mah.