Just me and the beans today. Well, there were two other club members but they were leaving when I arrived, they stopped to talk and look, then left.
I might try the longer fuse, I appreciate the dimensions. I have enough extra stock to do the fuse right, hard maple and plywood...well, it will be 2 ply 1/4 inch because that is what I have instead of 1 ply 1/2.
I have 2 scratch built flite streaks needing the wings covered. I might let this sit a while and finish those two. One was getting an FP20 but now I have to make up my mind again. (I have 2 LA25's and 1 iron FP20 with the correct muffler) I did rip the remote NVA off though, a boon for fuel line routing!
The 1 oz or so tail weight was recommended in the instructions, 1.5 is what I used. The plane balanced exactly right. I will investigate the bell crank since I didn't change it from stock. 2 screws easy access. Yes, stock 25LA converted from RC to CL with the stock muffler.
I did not find the plane twitchy at all. I thought it was quite stable, especially compared to a lot of my 1/2a stuff. It was going where I wanted it to more than less, so I thought the lack of down authority was in my head...maybe... I think. I had nice line tension but was not worried about pulling an arm off. I should have taken a couple laps inverted. Weak down would have been very apparent, I had some down so it would have been fine. Starting insides from the bottom would have been better too, but I have flown them both ways with 1/2a stuff.
Phil