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I think I've got my head pretty clear after everything that happened at Ocala. Between an engine not running, 2 crashes right before my eyes and my first 2 rounds being rather embarrassing for me, things are finally getting back to normal, whatever that may be.

I want to thank both Mike and Emory for letting me fly their V2's. Although neither of them had enough aileron for me they both went through the P-07 fine (although Emory's was cut short).

Mike is 100% right when he says that they are easy to do rolls (point, slow, reversing). You don't have to think about it when you do it. Snaps stop “now” when you want, even slowly with such little aileron. The only thing that wasn't as strong or better than my Impact's was the rudder authority around the last part of the rolling loop, which it still did, just needed high rate rudder. Mike had warned me that his is a bit nose heavy, so I'm sure it would get better with some CG adjustment. Other than that, the 11lb plane flew great... oh wait, Mike said something about 9.5lbs for his.