Reed Speed, Fun with the P-51... Or... weeding out the bugs... or... smoking grass

We went out to fly the GlueRay today. It was so windy it felt like I had a 10 pound bass on the end of the lines. The plane was in grave danger, so so after a cut throat signal on the second pattern, we sat and talked for an hour or so. The wind died a little and the little Reed Speedster was with us, so what the hell, time for it's maiden.

5.1oz AUW, Killer Bee backplate, Babe Bee crank, Tee Dee jug, Merlin head, all fed with a pressure bladder... sounds like a badass little speedster. I should have hand launched the maiden, but decided to roll since this may be my official. It rolled a foot and jumped off the ground, but things went bad when the lines hooked up some weeds. But it flew... Fast! It looks like it's balanced nicely. Wayne said it looked like an RC plane taking off across the circle, flat and level. All he could see was smoke, A**hole and elbows as it raced away. When it hit the rope limit, it not only opened my fishing clips but broke them and kept going. Luckily that jerk set it on a landing trajectory. Unluckily it cracked the inboard wing and fuselage from the root toward the rear. Only a hairline though. I can fill it with CA and try again.
Here it goes. It's most fun if you turn up the sound. The doppler effect made it sound like a pylon racer coming toward me and passing. You only get to hear the receding sound. We got a great laugh out of the whole thing. Without further adieu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59I5AQG4ChU&feature=youtu.be
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