I flew the four star today. It is really responsive, and once I cut the throws back on the aileron and dialed in some more expo on them, it is a realy nice plane. It doesn't handle like the one hanging on the fence though. It has more torque twist on take off, and the tail wants to jump up as soon as you start rolling. I could run the one on the fence up to full speed before rotating and lifting off. The 4* just wants to be in the air. I need a bit more work on take offs before I am as consistant as I was with the fence bird.

The longer fuselage on it made quite a difference. The fuse on the fence bird is the same spinner to aft end of the rudder as the 4*, the wing is 60" vs 72" and the cord is a lot longer on the 4*. To get the same ratio of length to ws on the 4*, I would need to add another 6 to 8 inches to the fuselage. That could be an interesting bird. I'll see what happens, if I have to do a rebuild.

Don