Finally got a good day of weather; flew the ShedDoor and the Quickie (above), many flights each. Couple of interesting things:
The Quickie has the hotter engine (figured it would need it), a TeeDee .020; ShedDoor sports a PeeWee. BUT, the Quickie is much slower than the other--same prop, more rpms (judged by ear), but significantly slower. It's a tad heavier, so I guess it requires a little more AoA; and the coroplast is about 3/16" thick while the ShedDoor wing is 3/32", so twice the frontal area...sure makes a difference.
Also, the Quickie came out sorta tailheavy; I can just about do a BiSlob thing with it when I use full control movement.
Finally, the film canister mount began splitting, engine developed a serious upthrust such that I had tight stalling loops or almost-level-but-gradually-climbing with full down. Kinda fun for a minute or two, then I remembered that canister is also the fuel container; if the engine leaves the plane it's taking its fuel supply with it; I don't want to be chasing a loose .020 through the neighborhood...so I looped it into the grass.
Then, last flight with the ShedDoor, which will do consecutive lazy eights forever or until fuel runs out, whichever comes first, I inadvertently backed about one step off my concrete center marker--then leveled out for a lap and hit the garage eave with the outboard wing. Bummer. Not really a lot of damage (not much there to break), I actually flew it once more with the big gouge out of the wing just to see if it would (it did). Cut out the splintered wood, glued in the new, another coat of paint, ready to go again!
Can you see the patch in the pics? Also note I covered the engine this time to keep sanding dust and overspray out of it. Clever of me, huh?
--Ray