RE: What About a Staudacher S-300?
I have been flying the 40% Lanier Staudacher for two years now. I cored out the wings and lightened up the fuse some, all up weight with a ZDZ160 Champ on KS89 pipes is 37.5 lbs. This combo is out of sight vertical. I only fly IMAC so I can't comment on 3D stuff but I will put my Staudacher up against any thing on the planet as far a IMAC goes. The Staudacher is just one smooth flying plane, mine has no knife edge coupling at all, it lands at a walk. I like it better than my Extra 330l as it slows down a lot better in the down lines. I believe that any one who builds this plane will like it a lot just pay attention to weight but that goes for any model you build. Just my .02