[grosbeak]

Originally Posted by PRS

I enjoyed your build log and want to congratulate you on a successful maiden.

The field you are flying at looks top notch too.

Thanks! I'm very pleased with the plane and yes, we are lucky to have such a nice field with some dedicated folks to take care of it.

Originally Posted by Struts1

Congrats John on very successful maiden flight! Thanks for helping me with my rebuild project. It's coming slowly but surely.

Glad I could help, Sam. And thanks.

[grosbeak]

Out for a few more flights yesterday. I tried the flaps at 15º both at altitude and for landing. They do slow things down and at the speed I deploy them the ballooning effect is minimal; I don't think there's any need to mix in down elevator.

This time no cowl screws came loose... but two cowl mounts DID break off and two more were loose. I think I found the reason - contact between the muffler and cowl. Note the marks cause by the aluminum rubbing:




A relief cutout should solve that:




With a little epoxy around the edges to seal it up.




I am reattaching the mounts and I hope that this solves the problem.