jmupilot...Thanks for the reply. Still suggest you try a little more nose weight.

You seem to know a little about the full scale LongEZ. I have been following the full scale one for close to 15 years now. The brother of a friend of mine, an airline pilot, was killed in one while doing some low level manuevers. The singer, John Denver was killed in one in California. A doctor in NC was killed in one about 4 years ago in Florida while flying the brand new plane home from the factory in Florida. That one was a little larger version of the LongEZ. I naturally wonder what the problems were. I read the accident reports when ever I can find them.

As you know, canards are supposed to be very safe from stalling and I have found this to be true on my model. My canard can go out of control in a high speed turn if too much elevator is applied. I think it snap rolls and reverses direction. It happens so fast it is difficult to tell what happend. It is a heart stopper. It has happend 2-3 times and I have been very lucky each time. I have since reduced the available elevator travel. I fly all my planes as hard as my nerves will stand.

I have found that the pusher prop cannot cool the engine when on the ground. My engine is 100% open (no cowling). I try to get into the air within 30 seconds of startup. If I need more time to tune the engine I change the prop (same diameter, pitch, and make) to a standard tractor type and play with the engine as long as ot takes. Then I put the pusher back on.

Let me know if you add nose weight and what is the result.