Well the saga is complete. Today the Venture flew her first five flights. Very forthright and no problems. After the first flight I programmed in a bit of expo on the ailerons. I noticed during construction when installing and aligning the engine that it appeared to be offset just a bit left. She appears to pull just a tiny bit left in flight. I will shim the motor mount to give just a little right thrust from the present angle. For those who haven't built this kit, the fuse sides, top, bottom and bulkheads go together with locking tabs so fuse alignment is pretty well set. I noticed the fuse sides were just a bit off at the tail post, but there is not much that could be done other than sand the two sides even. It appears that the small amount of misalignment may also be present at the front bulkhead. This is a very minor adjustment and should not be taken as a problem. Just a small adjustment. I took the Delta Vortex with me to the field this morning, but a Clint Eastwood saying always comes to mine when I fly the Delta. "Do you feel lucky, Punk?" Well today, I decided to leave the Delta on the ground. These pics are of the two ready to fly this morning in the early Florida sunrise. Oh, the OS 70 Surpass II four-stroke with a Zinger 14X4 wooden prop is plenty of power for the plane.

Airbusdrvr:

Congrats on a successful maiden. Your V60 looks great, and you should enjoy it for a looong time. Wish mine was still around.

Fred

This is the last entry for any updates on this plane. The plane flies much straighter with a shim to add right thrust(engine angle noted above). The wheel pants are not going to be added. While preparing to install them I just decided they would not be worth the effort and the problems associated with wheel pants. I already had the holes in the landing gear leg drilled to install the pants when I said no to the installation. Today's five flights proved the engine angle is now good. She flies well, take offs and landings are a breeze.

Well, it 'aint an F-100, but it shore is perty!!! Congrats AB, looks like there are very few Venture's out there and we've flown the sports car of the kit world. Your bird is a classic.

To airbusdrvr

Is this part of the squdron?