Here's an update after 25 flights....
The DX7 AR9000 radio combination continues to be flawless. An "How High?" module verifies 1500 foot high loops with perfect control. On board Spektrum monitor typically shows under 40 antenna fades as a high and with many times under 10! We've never gotten "zero". 3 has been the lowest so far. Of course, no frames lost or holds have been recorded. I simply can't imagine a better RF link! Transmitter timer is set at 7 minutes with the typical flight lasting 11 minutes of ECU time. Fuel consumed is just about a gallon during this time. Most of the flight is at half throttle or a little more with bursts of WOT to help make BIG loops and cuban eights. :-)) She flies straight and true with no bad habits. Goes where I point it. A little tail wiggle that reminds me of the long ago "Kwik Fli dance" Maybe a gyro on the rudder channel will be tried out someday, if the weather does not permit flying that day!

I've switched to 5 cell 2000Mah Nimh packs of 7mOhms inpedance each from the 3600Mah packs to move the CG rearward about 3/8 to a 1/2". This also saved 12oz of weight. Flies much better! Not much down elevator inverted and she dosen't drop the nose in a steep banked turn anymore. After 6 flights I recharge the RX packs. Each takes about 1100Mah. So actual battery drain for the 11 minute flight is right around 380Mah total. The ECU pack is still the 6 cell Nimh 3600Mah and each flight drains about 410Mah from it. I switch out the batteries after 6 flights. No, I do not recharge between flights! No I do not us regulators! The RX packs still show 6.2-6.3VDC at this time. The DX7 transmitter drains @ 65Mah for the same flight time of 11 minutes. Lets see, a 1500Mah TX pack with 50% usage gives me almost 12 flights! I have no idea WHY anyone would put a lipo in the Tx!

The JetCatUSA TitanSE has 4 hours and 45 minutes on it without even a burp! The throttle response amazes all who wittness it! The comfort it affords on that less than tolerable approach is immense! I fly from our grass club field which is 550' long and hardly ever take up more than 350' of it on landing and roll out. Takeoff for sure under a hunderd feet with locked brakes type takeoff profile.

Am I a happy camper? YOU BET! Even at $4.20 a gal for kerosene!

Dave Rigotti