Wooo Hoooo !!!!! I finally maidened the Do. I almost turned around and went home without flying. Too many little things at the last minute. Landing gear was loose, no biggey. Rudder was reversed, no biggey. Trim was out of whack, no biggey. Rudder control rod popped of arm at start of taxi run, could have been nasty. I got to test the throttle kill setup on that one.

There were only two other guys at the field this morning and one recognized the tail sticking up out of my truck bed when I pulled up. He is putting a Do together and was anxious to see it fly.

Rollout seemed a bit longer than I expected. The tail didn't seem to pop up too quick. In the air only a couple of clicks to aileron and elevator trim and she was purring along. I took a few passes around getting the feel for it and Larry said "I like to get some altitude on my first flights". The Do felt SO GOOD I didn't even think about this being the maiden 45 seconds into the flight. I thanked him for bringing me back to reality and climbed out. Inverted needed just a touch of down. The landing was so calm and predictable. It slid in so soft. They left right after that flight and on my next flight I got a piece of a hover in just to see what it feels like. Vertical needs some help but will do. The OS 70 Surpass gives an unpeppy vert. Rolls felt good. Every move I tried felt good. I have't come out of low rates yet. That will be great.

This is going to be a very fun plane.