raideron...Glad you're started on the UCD. Looks great so far. Get 'r done. You'll be gald you did.

Flew my repaired Do today. What a riot. Had a great time. Only fly it twice and I must have my vert tube set wrong because I couldn't get all the fuel in the tank. It just leaked out the exhaust. Back to work. I'll figure it out tonight.

Anyways, I couldn't tell if from when it was new. I had just a wee bit of trimming to do and it flew fine. I found myself maybe wanting a bit more "bite" on the prop. Tomorrow I may try a 14x6 and see if it'll pull that. But, today I had a great time. Man, just like that, I was able to hover this thing. I basically could hover it as long as I wanted. I'm not sure why except maybe I've been hovering planes that are harder to hover and when I come back to this sweetheart it was just soooooooo easy. What a joy. Also, the wings seemed to "drum" more than I remembered. But I soon got used to that. My landings, including several touch and goes, were very easy even with the CG a little bit further back. The thing flew like a dream. I couldn't get the best flat spins so I'm working out the trim on that. I only got two flights and my last spins were much better but not totally flat so I've got a little work to do on that.

All in all I'm very satisfied for my first flights back. Glad to be "Doing my thing" again. I had been away too long.

Thanks
Barry