Finally braved the cold weather to join some friends at our Winter Fun fly here in Maine. The Temp this morning was like 2 above or something(verrrry cold). It took a while to get my engine to run, I had to get it under some heat in the car to finally get it to start. Anyway, because of engine difficulties the FW "crashed" 3 times during launches. The last crash was a bit spectacular, she got up finally and I had very little aeliron control (she wanted to corkscrew, and did) and she smacked the frozen ground really hard. As it turned out the left aileron control horn was snapped after the previous launch so I had only 1 operational aileron. After it was replaced we gave her another launch, this time she flew fantastically, a little trim adjustment and it was off and running for sure. Guess what, the plane works as advertised, you can't even tell it crashed at all today aside from some scratched paint.
My friend flew his JKA P-47 I built for him, all I have to say is I want one too! Now that is one stable combat plane, perfect for someone just getting into it. I am totally hooked on these kits now I had a chance to fly them.