If you have read my previous post "1st build in 40 yrs" here's the flight report. Too squirrelly (sp?) on the controls, but the first attempt at flight I ran the tank dry although it was luck I didn't crash. After that I couldn't get the wing to fly as the Black Widow engine I had broken in just wouldn't "scream". It seemed as if it just didn't have enough power. The wing would flounder and stall (ugly stall too) then nose in. Then it happened- the BW hit the sweet spot in flight somehow and the Kitten just took off... flat and fast... very fast. Then when my brother in law ran over to pick up the wing after the 1st real flight his sunglasses fell off his head and punched a nice hole in the outboard panel. Oh well, guess I have my first lesson in repair coming up, as well as some reading to do on how to get these Cox engines to run at constant high rpms without fluctuation.
The morning was cool and dead calm. Covered in Castor oil, and smelling like fuel. Took me back. What a blast. Still grinning.