In the event, the plane sat built and unflown until we moved to a house a lot closer to the club field, and the maiden flight was one Sunday morning at the club. It was actually just as well, as the model is a lot faster and responsive than the average park flyer - the test flight was a bike clip special, as the plane needed lots of down trim, and I had a hell of a time keeping the plane on track and beeping in down trim on the very fast straight legs in the circuit.

Now it is trimmed, the model flys fast and smooth, and will loop from level when the nicad is freshly charged. Many people who have seen it fly have asked if it electric, as they can't believe an electric model can fly this well.

Obviously this is a one piece plane, with the wing built into the fuselage during construction.

The kit was generally good, with balsa well chosen for the intended purpose, so medium fuselage sides with hard doublers and soft sheet for the wings etc. The only fault was the trailing edge pieces supplied to house the aileron torque rods. These were of the wrong section, and were much thinner than the trailing edge of the wing. I sent them back to Galaxy, who supplied new parts by return post. The kit is very quick to build, and you could probably complete the construction ready for covering in a day.

Note the distinctive stripes on the underside of the wings. This is copied from the scheme seen on Extra 300s, and sets off the model nicely. I used metallic purple Monokote and white Profilm for the covering.

If it went in, I would consider buying another, as the kit is good value, and the flying properties are excellent. It is also quite good in a crash, as I suffered a massive glitch last summer and it went in. Apart from breaking the firewall loose from the fuselage sides, and knocking the fin sideways, there was little damage. However, the canopy was a casualty, and I have only just got round to spraying up the new one.