Well the weather co-operated enough to get in a couple of flights with the new Chipmonk. Yes, it does fly, and yes it needs some trimming.
1; First of all, it wants to turn in on the take off roll; once it's airborne, it's fine. On the first launce it was "noticible", but on the second I had to back peddle a few. It could just be me. I haven't flown a plane with a swept leading edge in many many years, so maybe I wasn't lining up right. When I put the plane on my patio and roll it, it rolls to the right, away from the pilot; which is what I aligned the gear to cause. BTW, power is a B40 swinging an 11/6 two blade prop.
2/ In the air, the plane flys with it's outboard wing down (I built the wing per the plans with the inboard wing 3/4" longer). I'm hoping this can be corrected with a flap adjustment. (I eyeballed as best I could during construction and I really think they are true to each other.) I'm going to tweak the flaps a tad to "push" the inboard wing down, and the outboard wing up . . . unless someone has a better idea/solution. I had 1/2oz tip weight for the first flight, and took it out for the second; didn't seem to make any difference.
3/ The needle started to wander on it's own, and the wind was starting to kick up, so I'll pull the engine and clean/tighten the nva here at home before launching again . . . hopefully on Sunday.
I think the B40 will pull the Chip just fine.
Any thoughts/suggestions are welcome!
Brian