Flying, well, thats a different story. It took me 5 visits to the flying site to get the thing off the ground. I didn't want the look of fixed undercarriage or the hassle of retracts so I used a dolly. A lot of my problems were that the model kept jumping off the dolly. Power, despite the grunty OS 46 SF was marginal with the 6lb weight. It was a glorious sight when it finally lept into the air. Speed wasn't fantastic but no handling problems once in the ear. I knew that "anything can fly principle" was right.
Model was too nose heavy (surprise with that long nose) and I needed more power. In desparation I forked out large somes of money for an OS fuel pump and a tuned pipe. I moved the fuel tank back over the C of G. Now I had acceptable power but it was still nose heavy. I ended up chopping a section out of the fuselage and joining it back together again to shorten the nose.
It was after I had started building it that Great Planes came out with their eagle, although it didn't look as nice as mine.
Sold the model after my son was born. I was bored with it anyway. It wasn't really an enjoyable model to fly, and jets are hard shaped models to see, although it was a nice looking model in the air.