rtn9105...
You sound like you have experience with the Giant. Do you have one? What engine? Weight?

I've got the engine mounted and I'm cutting the cowl tonight. I'll mount the fuel tank and the throttle servo and balance. That should be it. Maybe this evening I'll have the weight and get it balanced.

Plan is to maiden on Wednesday if I can sneek out for a long lunch. Gonna be hot that day. Maybe mid 80s. Gjeffers would be melting in his shoes at that temp.

Anyways, really looking forward to flying the Giant. I was reading the breakin procedures on the engine. They say just run one tank full before you fly it. Make sure you have a reliable idle and then go for it. They also say it will take 10 flights or so to complete the breakin procedure. They don't realize that many of my planes don't last 10 flights. Anyways, I'll run the engine in the plane tied to a post for one tank. Then I'll fly it to destruction. Or 10 flights...whichever comes first.

Thanks
Barry