Charles,

The main thing I changed was going to a flat bottom airfoil. The plans (as you know) have the scale under cambered or "sport" semi-symmetrical. The only other thing I changed was the spar construction. Instead of using the box spar the entire length, I used and upper and lower spar with webbing between. Was much easier and I think stronger. Everything else was as it was on the plan.

Below is the maiden story.

I finally got her to the field ready to maiden. I was a bit apprehensive about the 10-15 mph wind and the fact that it was constantly gusting and shifting from SE to S to SW and back, but gave it a go anyway. She rolled easily to a fairly short take-off, only to have the now SW wind start drifting her to the left. I held her level to gain speed to climb on out, but the wind (and I think torque) started to make her roll left. I applied right aileron but once the wind caught her under the wings, she wouldn't roll back. Now heading due east and only about 10 feet high, she dove onto the asphalt runway. Damage is minor(I think) for such a crash, but I'll need to get in and check everything much better. She is very fixable, I just don't how long it will be. Busted the cowl, landing gear(which I wanted to redo anyway) and broke the wing mounting braces that were made to give way in a hard landing. So not too bad, considering.

Claude

 Where are your aileron servos located-which wing?I am building a 1/4 scale version myself.Using Cleveland plans that are blown up rubber band power and leave a little to the builder to work out.I will be locating my aileron servos in the middle wing and using carbon fiber tubes for connections.

Chris,

I put the wing servos in the bottom wing. It let me hide the wires in the wing as they plug into the fuse.

Charles,

I'm sorry I missed your post until now. Yeah, she'll build back just fine. It was mostly the gear wires and fairings. It's just I was "done" with the tripe and ready to move to the next......then oops.  The pilot came from Aces of Iron. They have the best I have found, although only busts. My nephew(an art major) painted them(I have 2 others) for me. Here are two of them. I used Solartex over all of it and just painted on that with Bear exterior latex house paint. I even took a small sample of the Solartex down to the store and had them scan the color for touch-ups. I also found the new small sample sizes are great...and flat finish too! The black on the nose is sprayed, all other paint was hand brushed.