More great compliments.

At the El Dorado contest this past weekend I brought the Nomad 5 and the Legacy 40. I had found the controls loose in the Hound Dog and didn't figure out how to fix them early enough to test fly. I had to cut a hole in the top of the fuselage and another in the bottom to get at the bell crank to tighten things up. Now I have to fill and sand and touch up paint the holes.
 At the contest on Saturday I flew the Nomad in windy conditions and along with the person that borrowed my plans were several others that live in Texas. Very high quality flyers and builders plus engine makers. I guess they all watched me fly the Nomad and got highly impressed the way the plane flew and handled the wind. The engine maker said I have an "engine run to die for". Very high praise indeed. All the others gave me lots of compliments on the way the plane flys. I got third place in the profile event.
  We didn't hang around long after flying and went to eat. Upon arriving Sunday morning I was handed the third place plaque and the Pilot's Choice award for the Nomad.It's one award that I never expected to get. My building and finishing skills are average at best but the way the plane flys is what won me the award.
 It is the 5th plane I built of that design and the three profile planes of that size all fly about the same.  Number 5 has a half inch shorter nose that numbers one and two.