As a silent watcher while my build has been going, I finally maidened tonight. Scary scary scary!!!! Pitchy as anything I've ever flown, and needed all the down trim I had (as others have written) and more.

I perused the thread 'til my eyes went buggy but haven't really found if anyone has found a good CG to go with. I'm right at the LE of the bottom wing, ever so slightly nose down. Not sure if this is the problem, but it is what it acted like.

The flight was exciting, and although scary, it made me smile, because it made my heart pump. It settled right in for landing, a real floater, (after a horrible balloon on the first shot), and got zero damage. Although I wanted to try again right away (I must be a masochist), common sense prevailed, and I put her up for the night.

Any help for the extreme pitch issue from the gallery?

I'd post a pic, but the file is huge, and I don't want to resize it right now. Besides, it's boxtop, and we've all seen those. Dang it's pretty though!!

BTW, power is a Magnum 52 4s, and seems very well matched for the plane.