Big Otto gets some air time

I was able to get to the field and get some flying in yesterday. I brought Big Otto with me and got two flights on it. I made a big mistake in assuming a few things. I banked on the assumption that due to using a TD and having it project slightly out further than a bee was going to make this plane nose heavy. I did make some minor changes in construction and I feel this proved to be the deal breaker for my thinking. The plane came out nose heavy. I guess this is the price you pay when you don't fully assemble and mock things up and take a guess. All this aside the plane flew real well and I have some easy solutions to providing tail weight without having chunks of lead stuck to the model. I despise that. I will be making new elevator from basswood and just a tad bit wider. This plane however will be very maneuverable once I resolve these issues. It's always nice to have a new model to fly. Here it is with my combat TD running on 10% Powermaster . The speeds appear slow but from pilot to center of plane is 45'. https://www.facebook.com/PhillyFliersCL/videos/vb.513140418756097/845562595513876/?type=2&theater I have to give a big thanks to Mike Parkin for providing the aluminum carb body not to mention making the APC prop adapters that I designed. These work terrific on the APC props. Ken