RE: Avistar Flight time
The the FP 40 it was a good trainer that gould still get out of it's own way.
Going from a sleeve bearing 40 to a BB .46 is a real wakeup call for an Avistar.
It's not going to hover but it'll get up and go fast.
My Avistar would do about anything I threw at it after I moved the CG back a little.