Hi Guys,

I put my DP330L in the air today! I will have to say it flew very nice. To bring everyone up to date I was not happy about having to add so much wgt to the nose. I am using a Saito 180 and the cg was set at 5.5 inches. I added 11 ozs to the nose as far forward as I could. I used Zap Goo to bond the wgt to the front part of the cowl. Total wgt is 13.75.

Take off roll was very straight down the runway and climb out at .75 throttle was very good. The only trim I added was about 2 clicks down. Roll was very good and loops were very round. I set the throws per the manuel for first flights. Granted I didn't anything out of the ordinary since it was the only flight. Landing was very nice even with a crosswind. It seems to be a floater with the light wing loading. After checking it out I found a small amount of up and down motion on the engine so didn't fly again until I can check this motion out.

We had a crowd at the field and I got some really good comments from my flying buddies. Overall even with the added wgt I am very pleased with this A/C. Also the 180 appears to be a good engine for this size and wgt.