That is too cool. The motor sounds real/big not like I was expecting. Smooth flying on your part. Was there a lot of nerves or just excitement? All that work you might go either way on the maiden flight.
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From doing this for may years one can actually tell how the aircraft will fly by how it’s actions are during taxi test runs at a speed just high enough to get the tail off the ground and on the mains.
But, yes you are 100% Ryan, it is still nerve racking when you spend some 1400 hours on a project and you never know what could happen
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Wow! I am sooo jealous. That is an amazing accomplishment. It’s lightyears ahead of my foamboard airplane builds.
Congratulations on an amazing plane!
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I think you can set up a crop dusting side business with that beast. 
It is very impressive and it looks like the real thing at that scale. Really nice work!
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That’s like a studio scale model.
Send a clip to Peter Jackson the director, he loves vintage planes.
For anyone who doesn’t know he has a collection of over 20 WWII planes and 40 WWI planes - most if not all in flying condition
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Wow, amazing, Bravo!
I really hope that one day I’ll be able to realize and complete a project at least 50% of what yours required (brainpower, preparation, assembly and final success).
Even 30% would make me very proud.