Quick post since everyone wants to know.

Yes Flew it today. Got 3 flights. Its good. I'll talk about some radio setup and some trimming things.

For the most part the model is correct as it sits. I did play with rates to get the feel to my comfortable level. Things like expo and so on...

Model locks in well and has gobs of power at the 8.5lbs with the YS 110S. The JR X9303 2.4 system also performed flawlessly. The CG was very good perhaps it could scoot a little aft of where I have it now but its close.

Ran through some of the trim tests which we'll talk about in detail a bit here in a future post but it is doing things correctly. Snaps well, spins well. I had so much fun checking it out I flew it out of fuel on each of the first 2 flights. Engine was rich for sure but I would say they were 10-12min flights.

For mixing and setup it doesn't need any right now and its way to early to start putting that stuff in. Right now I need to make sure the rates are good, the model is tracking as well as it can, and then we'll tweak knife edge mix if it needs much if any. Right now I was doing point rolls and it shows no signs of coupling. There will be some mix when I get done, never had a model that didn't have any.

It also got about 2-3% down elevator mix at idle throttle. I set this before we flew it the first time.

I flew some of the figures in the P-09 and tried some the F-09 stuff too but didn't fly a sequence. My goal was to get the model tracking properly then the sequence will be easier.

The only big change I have on the boards right now is some wing tip weight. The left wing panel is dropping a little. I'll get to this in detail. For now the loop tracking is ....well just ok, its not doing anything funny but will be tracking much better. Vertical uplines are dead straight in pitch, looks to be drifting slightly left at the tops. The engine has great gobs of power and you don't need full power anywhere I can see in the Prelim sequence.

Rudder is a little soft at the moment but I had the rate dialed down and some higher expo than probably is needed. Then again I have been flying my Astral and the bipes and they have the best yaw ability of any models I have ever owned. This is not a Bipe when it comes to the rudder....but a little fine tuning will give the feel I want.

Overall its a solid model, it tracks nice and I think its a going to be locked in very well with just a little tweaking here and there.

Minor stuff right now, but it will get better quickly as there is not much to fix.

OK for the quick update on the flying and we'll get into the details of the setup. Right now I'm going to clean it up,a nd put it on charge for tomorrow. Weather looks good again 60 and hope to be in the high 60's to 70 by the first of the week.

Troy