Well I just finished mine. It was the first one out of the mold and the second one to fly. This one has fixed gear that I really like the looks of.

It builds nicely. There are no formers in the fuse layup. It is a composite using either fiberglass or carbon fiber and a cloth like material called coremat. The coremat makes the structure VERY stiff. The servo rails and pipe tunnel floor just add to the structural integrity.

This one came out 10 3/4 lbs but the fuse was on the heavy side being a prototype. The production molds are coming out about 4 oz lighter then this one was. With a c.f wing tube and c.f. pipe you could easily get this airplane down to 10 1/4 lbs. Not bad for an 1100 square in wing and wide body fuse.

Our own c.f. pipe and O.S.1.4RX and a Karl Mueller header netted 8700 rpm on a 17x10N APC on 15% Cool Power and only 92.5db.
This was after one gallon of fuel and still a few clicks slightly rich.

Flight characteristics are totally different then what I was used to flying (Prophecy). I had to learn throttle management all over. The airplane does not go real fast in the downlines or does it have the zoominess like my Prophecy. Even with a 2 stroke it slows down well in the downlines. I am sure with a 4 stroke it would slow way down on the down lines. It flies very stable at stall and does not drop a tip. Tracks well in wind and wont fall out of maneuvers when it does get close to stall speed like at the end of 1 1/2 snaps. The O.S. provided plenty of power and it is just getting broken in.

See it here:

http://home.attbi.com\~aeroslave