Too much power.

I've had a few flights on the new plane. The Brodak 40 proved to be way too much for the plane. The vibration shook a glow plug to failure but the stick fuselage held up. i removed the 40 and installed an OS .25LA. That is a much better choice for the plane. I'm going through flap tweak sessions now and have huyng it up as I need to prepare for the El Dorado contest in a few weeks. The park has mowed enough grass so I can fly wqithout getting the plane overturned on take off. I learned how to patch a leaking tire today. The local tire shop, Mavis, won't toucj a tire that has been plugged and won't plug a tire either. They patch the leak from the inside. I had to buy a new tire and took the other one home to experiment on. The parts store has "radial tire patch kits". They install just like an inner tube patch. I now have a good tire waiting to be used.

It's ready for test flights.