Bob
I saw my first Wind at a local pattern contest, Murray Johnson brought it to the contest. Loved the lines and the way it flew. Kept reading all the great reviews in this thread. Bought the ARF last fall and stalked up on the parts to finish it. Started teh build about a week ago. Close to being done. The only real quandry has been the motor. I really like the set up with the scorpion but read about all the propblems with the magnets dropping. Keep waiting for the revised version with the mechanical ring to come out.... but I am still waiting. I am starting to lean toward the hacker. In the meantime the pattern season starts soon, with the first contest about 4 weeks away. I was going to drop in the back up motor, a turnigy 5065 but I have reservations.
The plane is fittted out with spectrum servo's 6010 on ailerons, 5040 on elevator, and 6020 on rudder. Using a Castle Ice 80 HV. Have a digi switch with 2S2P 800mah battery. Main batteries are 2-5000mah 4S packs. So far I only have the one set as I am trying to figure out if the final motor will require 8's or a 10's. Prop will be a 18x10 or 19x10. Plane is just about finished. I did enlarge the intake and outlet openings to improve cooling. Just need to do up the bullet connectors and do the final program on the ESC. Should be ready to maiden on the Easter long weekend. I'll post pics when done.

You plane turned out well. Let us know how the maiden flight turns out.

Cheers
Al