My club and Chucks club used to have a racing class just for the T-34. We used one make of ARF? Can't remember the make, sorry, for that class. The engines used were the OS .46FX so there wasn't a lot of money needed for this class. These are outstanding planes to fly, I forgot about them completely. As to flying like a 4*??? I wouldn't go that far but a lot of guys have used them for there second plane and loved them. A great choice as a first warbird. Buy an ARF to fly while you are building a nice kit. Oh my god, who said that!!!!!!!!!