Hi Tommy, it flew fine (no fuel feed problems!). It's very fast with even the early 44 which are supposed to be 8 pounds thrust but the vertical performance with a 9 pound plane plus fuel weight makes me think the engine thrust rating is very conservative.

Must get some colour on it, grey primer is a little too 'stealthy' for my liking.

Craig was not so lucky, his Skyhawk crashed on it's second flight with what appears to be radio problems. He was downwind, gear down, approaching to land when he lost control. In the wreckage the gear was up & the fuel valve off (both failsafe settings) - John.