Yeah I got the Midwest .40 from one of the other club members at a good price. Had some issues when I was training last year with it. The .40 size engine was plenty of power when in the air but had trouble getting enough ground speed to get in the air with it. Twice when we were trying to get off the ground the plane just wouldn’t lift off and tip stalled close to the ground. The last time the plane cart wheeled and the nose broke off at the firewall and it has been sitting like that waiting for me to repair it.

I actually moved on to an eflight t-34 mentor for the rest of my training. The plane was converted from electric to glow before I bought it but it flies great. I did some training on it and then had my first solo ever on it in Aug of last year. It’s currently my plane of choice when I go to the field and continue to fly solo and learn on it. I can loop and roll the plane fairly well and have even flown inverted and have completed some hammerhead turns as well.

This is part of the reason I am building this kit. I am looking for something sportier to fly than the mentor and I think this plane will do it. I do plane on completing the repair on the Midwest at some point, just keeping it on the to-do list!