I took the Racer to the SAM contest at the Toledo Weak Signals SAM contest and got to fly it about 3 flights.
Tuesday night before the contest got a long check out flight without a bunch of contestants around and it flew well, Had to put in a lot of down trim so there seems to be still too much wing angle of incidence so added 1/8 shim at the wing TE.
Flew it the next day at the contest in the Texaco event and it did fine.
Actually won the event with a 23 minute flight. This model does fly a lot different than the large Airborn and I need a lot more flying with it and do more trimming to get best thermal performance. Seems to fly a lot slower and doesn't track as well compared to the Airborn.....
So best to fly it a lot and become more familiar with it and trim it.

Assembled the entire Racer this morning and checked the CG.
Came out to 55% which is right in the ballpark. Probably will move it back as I test fly it.
Racer is complete except for some wing decals and other "pretties"
Wish the Polyspan looked whiter. Probably needed to bleach the edges of the exposed balsa to make it look whiter.
Had hoped to try Florist Spray but can't find it in white.
I want a translucent white finish on the main wing panels.
I find that when flying in blue skies it back lights and virtually glows
at higher altitude so I can see it when thermaling.

Anyone have any ideas for making it a whiter translucent?
It has to be a Polyspan type covering.