I did put a degree of downforce in the motor prior to this outing and I must say it helped a ton. I could actually run it the length of our runway (700') and it would'nt try to rocket off the ground until I wanted it too. My feeling were the same as yours going out thiw weekend, it was fly or die. Fortunately it flew well. Really looking forward to getting this right. We had a bunch of Spits at the Warbirds Over the Rockies this weekend and they are very cool in the air. We even had a fullsize Spit along with a B-17 and a Mig-17 do fly by's while the show was going on, will post some pics here shortly. Thanks again.

Shane