Well I got to the point on the Continental where I wanted to test the motor system it was then I found out my cool idea for removing the motor turned out to be a really bad idea.  I built vertical rail slots into the fuselage and mounted the motor front and back to bulkheads.  The bulkheads then dropped down into the rail slots.  It looked so good.    But it worked so bad.   When the motor got up to speed the torque litertally started to take the front end of the plane apart.   I got things shut down before an serious damage happened, but it was a bit scary.   The bulkheads must be glued in to hold everything together, I just hope I don't need to remove the motor in the future.  Oh well, live and learn.  I think it was Dean not to long ago who warned us about how much torque these motors can generate.  I can testify he was right.
Andy

Can you add a screw-on shear panel of ply over the top of the motor well?

"keep the torque from twisting the box."  That's the main point here, and as dumb as it sounds I really didn't give it much attention.  Well that's a mistake I won't make again!  Thanks for all the input.
Andy

Yes Zen Master!   

Dennis
Then just slid in, the idea was the top cover would hold it in place.  The problem was the side walls of the fuselage around the motor compartment were not strong enough to hold back the torque.  The entire motor system rotated about a quarter turn before pulling one of the motor wires and shutting everything down.  The front fuselage side wall let go from the front of the fuselage and freed the motor mounts to rotate.  Two things that contributed to the problem, one the top was not on the fuselage to hold down the motor mounts, and second I didn't put the prop insert into the prop and it was slightly off center.  No excuses, anyway I glued in the bulkhead mounts and balanced and centered the prop and all is working well.  Tomorrow the Continental will get it's first flight.
Andy

First flight was successful in that the plane is totaly unscratched.  It is a bit noseheavy and there wasn't enough cooling to the motor.  Both easily fixed.  It does hunt.  Andy is using 1:1 flap to elevator.  Does that tend to cause hunting?  Where else can we look to smooth it out.  His controls are very free.

Assuming that Andy laid in the stabilizer at exactly 0-0 to the wing, would a hint of down elevator relative to the flaps be of aid?

Well additional cooling was added for the motor.  Larry modified the spinner per Dennis Adamisin's suggestion to open the nose of the spinner and reshape the openings on the back plate to turn it into a fan.  I also opened up air passages to the motor for better air flow around the motor.  The CG was way off, mind you there is no mention of CG on the plans.  So my "Zen Master" Larry Renger explained I needed to locate the aerodynamic center of lift on a swept wing, then locate the CG at 20%.  I was going for 25%, but Master Larry suggested I start with 20%.  It to a full ounce of additional lead to get the CG right, assuming that the calculator I used on the internet was good and more importantly I  was feeding in the right data.  Anyway I am ready for flight number two.  Tally Ho!
Andy

P.S. The power system, over heating motor aside, performed very well.  Line tension was exceptional at all angles.

Dennis when it was all said and done I had to add another ounce of lead to the tail, ouch!  I think your mention of a heavy battery contributing to hunting has merit.  I have been thinking about this for some time.  I'm not a physics major, but I wonder about the inertia from the larger mass causing some type of ringing when trying to stabilize the plane.  Any physics majors out there for comment.  I actually went out on the net yesterday in search of a lighter battery, but what I have is the best I could find.  I will work to drop the revs down a bit at a time and increase the gain on the KR timer to try and save power in level flight.  Slower lap times but still have the needed power for maneuvers.   I might then be able to go to a smaller capacity batter and hopefully save some nose weight.
Andy

Dennis
Going flying tomorrow and will have more information on the hunting.  I had the handle spacing very wide and I a very nose heavy airplane.  I am not sure hunting is the correct term more like porpoising from the heavy nose.  I will know more tomorrow.
Andy