Alright; First flight went well. I had eyeballed the control throws and they weren't too far off but they were a little more than needed and the rudder was very powerful on the first flight so my takeoff roll wasn't that pretty.

So the first flight went well; I trimmed it out and did a few passes to confirm the trim slow and fast and it seemed good so I then went to slow speed stuff. I like to get real familiar with how and airplane stalls and this one seemed to stall to the right gently but then when I Would try recovery it would recover "badly" in that it was hard to get flying again. It didn't seem snapish just that recovery took some effort - so...don't stall low. Also I know I need to do some more balance work on it so maybe that will help a bit. Entry to the stall was fairly gentle and it didn't have a thing for snapping badly so that's all good.

Landing was nice too; I just brought it in with some power and it held a nice mild nose high stance and I just used the elevator to bring it down. It doesn't float in at all really and because of the poor stall recovery I wouldn't advise trying it.

The next two flights were some fun and aerobatics. It'll hold knifedge easily but it does have a lot of coupling issues. I had to hold hard opposite aileron and some nose down to keep it straight but it did it well. It also tends to go nose high in aileron/elevator turns so rudder coordination is a good skill to have (unless you're lazy and want to mix it in). Even with a little nose heavy as I had it it still did very well inverted requiring only a little down elevator to hold it. It snapped okay; I think the nose heavy held it back a bit here as it wouldn't really get into the snap until well into the second turn. Still it was fun regardless.

All in all I'm very pleased with it and feel like it's a good scale flyer even though I have it over powered. I think something like a strong 50 2 stroke or a strong 70-80 4 stroke is the sweet spot and that the 91 is a little overkill but that's what I had and it was the only engine on my shelf calling to me constantly for use (it hated being on the shelf and proved it today with its behavior).

With the tank moved as I mentioned earlier in the thread I had a nearly perfect idle with 20/20 and a 14x6 mas prop. I have an APC but the MAS looks better in this case; otherwise I would never use it (they flew way too much). I'll probably try the APC next time.

All in all I am very pleased with it and think it's going to be a nice airplane to have in my hanger. I do think it needs a few pinstripes though.