New plane and findings.

In the J.D. Falcon kit I won at the El Dorado contest in May there was an extra set of wing ribs. Laser cut and mis marked. They wern't Falcon ribs but I held onto them. The Mo' Best I built as electric is working well in spite of the printed motor mount wanting to come apart. I would change it to glow power but it would make a mess of the nose and paint job. Then it struck me. I could use the extra ribs and scratch build a glow powered Mo' Best. I had enough balsa to piece together the fuselage and tail pieces but I had to buy some sheet balsa to cover the wing. I'm up to covering the wing but I don't have enough Poly Span covering to do it. I'm trying to get the dealer on the phone as the web site won't take my order. I've been flying one of the Oriental profiles and it's the lightest plane I have built of that size. Today I put a friends engine on my rebuilt Nomad and flew it after flying the Oriental. The Nomad is heavier and it flew smoother than the lighter Oriental. So when I got home I removed the light weight tongue muffler and installed a stock O.S. 3030 muffler and another half ounce of tail weight to bring it back into balance. If that improves the flying I will ad another ounce or two of nose weight and coresponding tail weight.. The Oriental fits into three classes at contests. Profile,Classic and precision aerobatics. Makes transporting planes to contests a lot easier.