All,

I finally flew this plane with the Wankel. The plane needed nose weight even though the wankel is a heavy engine. I spaced the engine forward more than a inch to put the prop in the proper location. Hindsight being 20/20, I would have put the battery under the tank instead of at the leading edge of the wing. Micro servos are needed for the wings. You can get away with standards for everything else. Weight came out to 3.75 lbs. Overall flight impression is excellent. This little plane handles the wind and tracks like a much larger plane would. There are no bad flight habits that I could find other than the existing hardware for the ailerons took a little work to get rid of the binding. The cowl design does not allow for enough cooling for the Wankel, so out comes the dremel tonight. It has very good vertical, however it is not unlimited. This could be because of the cooling issue. All in All a very nice inexpensive bi-plane.

Mark M.