RE: E-Starter woes. Short flight time, battery barbecue, etc.
'stang,
We built an Ultrafly Extra... I will tell you, it's a major handful even for an experienced pilot. It's very fast, not light on the wing, and has a bit of a snap tendency in hard pitch manuvers. Definitly a plane you have to FLY all the time. Hot landings with power is necessary. Very quick, easy to lose it really fast. We retired the bird after 3 flights for later. It's very heavy for it's size, needs LOTS of power to fly well, over 200 watts. Beautiful plane, no doubt, but not a beginner's plane for sure.
There is a short thread on it [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_2765624/anchors_2765624/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#2765624]HERE[/link].