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Flying Update! Or sort of Not-flying update. Time: Early Morning.   The place: The Taxi-way at RAF Leeming. The wind: Calm. The scene is set. And so, with the engine idling, my Dads friend Tony taxis the Extra out, points it into wind, and opend the throttle. The ailerons which I did think were very small are actually very responsive, and it flicks onto one wingtip, the the other, and then back again. The engine fortunately stopped, and we went to see what the problem was. The spat was chipped, the prop tip is in pieces, and the engine, fuel tank, firewall and servo arm were at least six feet away form the fuselage. Hmmmmm. Back to the drawing board! We are now in the process of fixing it, don't worry. The cowl is fine, as we didn't put it on in the first place. My friend Steve could be telepathic. Don't worry, everyone! Carlos the German Shepard is fine.
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At last! The day has dawned that I can fly it!

At fly it did! It accelerates fast and with full back stick, left the deck and climbed out gently. The Carbon effect/ Red checkers wasn't very distinguishable in the low light at Leeming, but I suppose it will be better when it is sunny, not uniformly grey.

It is, in my opinion, ballistic    but this may be an illusion as I've only ever flown a Flair Cub and a Ripmax Se5A. Rolls need some upstick and are not axial, and loops are large. However, this is on low rates because ailerons are incredibly twitchy on high rates.

I managed 3 flights with a deadstick on the first after a fast, low pass but because we have military jet size taxiways I could just land it straight ahead.

And, as cause for my celebration, this is the 2nd aeroplane I've succesfully maidened on my own

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