I too finally flew mine two days ago after having it stare at me from my bench for a few months. I am running an OS 160FX. It balaced perfectly (at the panel line) with no weight until I fixed the tail. I cut out small squares on the underside of the stabs and poured in some 30 minute epoxy to adhere everything together. I also moved the elevator servo to the tail and sealed the elevator joints. Therefore, I needed to add 4 ounces of lead to the nose to balance. It flew great at the recommended CG (panel line). Great presence in the sky and a smooth flyer. No signs of flutter. Mechanical gear worked fine on the ground, but would not retract in the air...maybe because of the wind. I put lighter foam wheels to give that solitary servo a better chance of bringing the gear up. Unfortunatly the crappy tank position (all the way at the bottom of the fuse) caused her to dead stick on me after 5 minutes up during a tight turn. She definetly is not going to win any awards for glide slope, and I put her in the weeds. No damage, but motivation to get nice air retracts (could only afford crappy mechanicals for now) so I can get rid of the retract servo and move the tank up. I am running a 16x10 APC and I realize she really needs a 16X8 for some more speed, like someone else here who also flies the 160FX. Overall, even though it is a time consuming arf (relatively speaking, I love to build kits) everyone always gathers around it when it is at the field. Great smooth flyer, and low and high speed low passes leave me with a smile. For all of its manufacturing headaches, it is a superb plane when these are overcome. No video though...the second flight will have video. Will post video and pics tomorrow. Good luck all!

Dave: I also put the 77 on the wrong way....couldn't deal with it so I peeled it off and replaced it very carefully. As far as I can remember, the red striping is for both sides of the gold, top and bottom. I did not have much extra (an inch or two). I painted my spinner white....looks much better IMHO.