Today I finished up the repairs, patched up the covering, and gave it a test flight. It was really too windy to notice if there are any minute flight issues. With the BL motor it took of in under 15 feet and climbed at a 60 deg+ angle with full throttle. At half throttle it cruised around at a nice rate and settled into level flight with 1 click of down trim. Seems to float pretty good, and fought the 10-12mph winds pretty well. Hopefully I can catch a calm morning this week and see if there are any minor trim issues that were masked by the winds. Landings were a bit hairy with the crosswind to my "runway" (a 5ft wide track around the football field where I fly) but still relatively smooth and seemed to track well. This evening I installed a tail wheel in place of the skid because the rubber track is not skid friendly... it knocks the tail around a bit. A 3s 2200mah lipo pack flew around 15 min and still carried over 12v so on a calm day I fully expect to get around 30 min on a pack with relaxed flying.

After the repairs and modifications, the CG was perfect and is easily adjusted with the battery being located on the CG. The bow on the horizontal stab shrunk out fairly easily, and strengthening the spar at the wing root was simple as expected. I did find that the plug-in section for the wing was broken away from the fuse on one side after the second flight [&:] ... I am lucky the whole thing didn't fail and create a lawn dart. easy fix, but doesn't exactly give me warm fuzzies about the airframe, after a few more flights I'll be able to relax a bit and enjoy it; Right now I have a love / hate feeling toward the Rascal.

I took the pics before the test flights today. The motor is from Hobby King and is comparable to an E-Flite Park 450 for power... At the moment I have the cheapest electronics I own installed, and flying older batteries for the test flights. I'm trying not to risk too much on this project