First off, it's a great plane. I have built 2 of them, (one met an untimely demise the week before Christmas last year, but it is flying again). The very first thing you WILL want to do is add epoxy to the back of the fire wall where it meets the triangle stock. Both of the planes I have seperated at the joint, (one of them didn't appear to have been glued in the first place).

You will also probably want to epoxy the landing gear block from the inside. That joint is also a little suspect.

The instructions are very good and easy to follow, but some of the pictures can get a bit confusing. The angle they were taken from is hard to match up to what you are looking at, but it should go together with no problems by following the directions.

The Avistar is one of the best trainers you can get and will help you transition to a more advanced plane a little easier, however, it may take you a little longer to solo with it if you haven't already. The semi-symmetrical makes it fly a little different than the standard flat bottom wing and it's self righting abilities take a little longer than some.

All in all, it is a great plane and if you take a little extra time to do some reinforcing of a couple of areas, you will have a blast flying it.

T.

PS, I see you are from SLC, do you get down to Cedar or St. George much?