Thanks Windhawk!

Yesterday was the maiden flight. The servo override on the rudder made it very difficult to handle on the ground. I removed that and that solved the handling problem. Once it lifted into the air it climbed and climbed like it was tail heavy when in fact the plane was a little nose heavy. I took all the down trim I could give it to level it out. It was a good thing that the Saito .56 has so much extra power that it never stalled while I trimmed it out. It needed a little right trim as well. After I landed, I adjust the elevator clevis to add more down and reset the servo to zero. There is now about 1/8 inch of down elevator. I know it is not the plane out of balance as it was a little nose heavy. It would appear that maybe the top wing incidence may still not be right and I might have to make a jig to make sure the wings are set the same laterally. It has a tendency to not loop symmetrically.

Now having said those few things, I really like the way it fly’s. I have 6 flights on it and it is very graceful and with the Saito at ½ throttle, it will cruise all day. It spins great, does nice slow rolls and lands very slow. This plane is destine to become one of my favorite easy flyers.

A side note. Today was my clubs Veterans Day Warbird fun fly. I entered it in and although I did not win any awards, I did hold my own. There was some very detailed planes to compete with including a Gypsy Moth with the new in-line 4 by OS. That plane weighed in at 25lbs, but was very rich in detail and cleanup on the awards. That OS engine is something else and is very quite and sounds like the real thing.