Guys

Just test flown my Lightning and it looks like being a winner.
Powered by a P160, I think the power is perfect. If you go for a heavier turbine will just add a lot more weight as you will need more nose weight.
My kit still needed nose weight, I tested it without any ballast and it was much too elevator sensitive.
I then added a second ECU 6 cell pack and the C of G is about right-I need to do more a few more flights to get things dialed in.
Ailerons are really nice, rudder couple is minimal, the elevator is powerfull so I have been adding a little expo each flight to get a nice balance.
Flight times are long on the super large tanks, so far I have flown 13 minutes and there is still fuel in the main tanks!
Landing speeds are very low even on a calm day like we had yesterday in Southern England.

Dave Wilshere
Comp ARF rep