Maiden Successful, very successful.


I am CG'ed at 4 7/8 inches. Look at the Elevator picture I took whilst unloading last nite. I turned on the radio, looked at the elevator trim....very interesting. It nneded DOWN trim ...so is it tail heavy?? It flew well. It was a VERY windy Day, and I had to push the nose down to get her to land.


Flew great , but is was a bumpy ride, and I couldn't get a real good feel for how stable it is , although it was able to fly pretty damn slow. Just, bumpy , wiggly, 14-16 mph winds.


Incidence set to 0. Lateral balance, a little heavy on the right. I am not going to adjust her laterally unti lthe smoke system is in.

The Bennett muffler fits , but I only get 6510 on the 23 x 8 prop on the ground. I am going to try the 22 x 8 , on a calm day, and decide if I should butcher the cowl for the stock DA muffler. The thought of losing 3lbs+ of thrust without the Stock muffler is tough to swallow.

The cowl costs 36 bucks, so maybe with a little creativity, some glass and chicken wire, I can re-form the cowl to cover the Stocker. It really is a pretty cowl, the paint is tough, I have handled and taped and banged her around already, and not even a single paint chip. I dont think I will be able to duplicate the paint job. At least not a s well. this paint is hardend well, like baked.

Here are some pics.