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After a long day of working out the preflight bugs. Had to replace the stoppers in both fuel tanks, apparently Sullivan gas conversion stoppers are not very gas proof. I had one of my throttle servos fail so had to replace it. I did some taxi tests in the street beside my house, hit a pot hole and broke the steering arm so I replaced it. Anticipating the plane to be nose heavy I had made a weight box in the tail and had put some weight in it. I got my buddy to come help me balance the beast, had to take the weight out of the tail and ended up with 3 LB. in the nose. I could have moved the batteries from the tail to the engine compartment, the 4 batteries weigh app. 1 LB. so moving to the front would probably save 2 LB. of weight but I would have to remove the custom made wiring harness and make a new harness and maybe even move the 4 switches and charge jacks so for now we will fly with the extra weight. With the extra nose weight and tanks full of fuel we have a rtf weight of 50-1/2 lb., overshoot the target weight by 5-1/2 lb. Have run the engines about 5 tanks full now, they are with in 50 rpm at idle and 100 rpm at the top and seem to transition fairly evenly. Idle is very good and can be firewalled after prolonged idle without coughing, GENTLEMEN I think we are ready to go to the field, where is the good weather???? The next report should be Paul's flight report as he will be there to take pic's and witness the maiden flight.