Yes!! it's still in one peace
Flew mine finaly after many doubts (read more bad news than good news about this plane...)
I don't know what it is (maybe the gravity in the Netherlands is less ) but, it wasn't so bad at all.
Small report of preparation and the first flight;
- Preps;
Read this thread over and over and over... the more i think of all the bad report, the more i wanted this litle bipe to fly and land in one piece.
Contacted Hans by mail a few times about his setup (his plane has a few flights and is still in one piece, so imho he is the expert )
All my radio gear was placed as far to the front as possible (and save as possible...), i have the throtle servo mounted to the engine mount and the rx pack in the tank compartiment, all the other radio gear behind the tank.
The incidence of both wings out of the box is asking for horror, the setup of Hans or maybe everything on 0 degree is imho the only option to fly this litle bipe.
Balanced the plane more than 5 times to be sure that it is 100% perfect (balanced the plane inverted with the Great Planes tool).
I'm using a MVVS .45 turning an MA 11x6 @+/- 12000rpm.

- First flight;
As mentioned before, ground handeling realy s#cks (my buddies at the field asked me why i'm trying to fly this plane because they think its much better on the racing track...)
This plane needs a good amount of ground speed in a straight line, and thats realy hard to do.
After a few rounds over the circuit/field, finaly the tail came loose and up we go.
A few clicks of ailerons trim was needed to keep the wings traight, at half throtle its still trying to find the stars as soon as possible, so max down trim was needed. Ok, it's flying, calm down and keep it in sight because it's small and out of sight very quick. After a few circuits at half throtle i calmed down and tried a few full throtle low passes, realy nice!! the looks are great and at full speed it's flying like an airracer of the 50's.

Believe it or not, but i like this plane!! And i think it's a good trainer for my scale Swordfish project .
It's not an trainer and not a good second plane, but if you want to have a challenge this is a nice one!

THNX to Hans (and to the Robart incidence meter...).