Hey Guys,

I just finished and maidened my Showtime last week, I put her togheter in about 3 days.
My Set-Up:

Saito 125 with an APC 16*6, WildCat 15%
JR 8411's on Aileron and Elevator, Hitec 645 on Rudder and Hitec 5245 on Throttle.
NoBS 1950 Nmh

Construction went great! All the fittings were precise, After all the reports of wing to elevator Incidence I decided to measure.

With the wings set to 0* I noticed that my left elevator was off by -0.3 and the right by -0.4 or somewhere in that area, To be honest I did not feel it would be that big of a problem.
I left it as is, but decided not to glue the stab in place yet, just in case I had problems and needed to fix it afterwords.

One click right aileron and 2 clicks of down elevator was all it took to make her fly straight.
I did place a washer behind the left engine mount to increase right thrust, before the maiden. I think you should be OK without adding right thrust if you use a smaller engine, like an 90 4 stroke.

The stock tail-wheel set-up is in my opinion a joke, the springs add way to much pressure on the rudder servo and will cause excessive drainage on the battery and possible blow back of the rudder. Like many here said before, either have it free-wheel !QUOT!free caster!QUOT! or what I did. I installed a Sullivan Tail-wheel set-up that works great.

She flies great, the 125 is a great match, mine is still very rich and I need to lean out the bottom for a better throttle up response.
No SFG's yet, as I am using it for precision practice, no need for them in knife edge flying.

Questions:

What's the best way to permanently install the horizontal stabs? remove the covering around the alignment pins and coat the tubes with epoxy or gorilla glue?

Any pics on how you have installed the receiver and battery?

Where do you have your CG? mine is about 1/4 inch forward of recommended.

I appreciate your help!