Bill:

I have a Charger Flatout that I bought a couple of years ago that was partially built. It's one of those + shaped (looking at it from the front) fuselages. I spent some time on it, mainly in the evening, putting it together, but found that a couple of the parts were missing. I probably misplaced them in my back room and just lost track of them.

Anyway, I put it together and powered it with whatever I had on hand and am waiting for the weather to clear up so I can take it out and try it. I plan on using it as a simple slow flying RC foam flat-out back-yard or parking lot type plane to do basic stuff and just enjoy flying. I will see how this thing works out as a trainer type airframe after the things I fabricated to replace the original lost components, and after I added some strengthening to the fuselage around the motor mount area. But, at first check the CG was slightly aft, which I don't like at all, and hate to add weight to this thing. It was first designed for a BL outrunner type motor and that's what I am using. But, there doesn't seem to be enough weight up front.

We will see.

CGr.