I maidened mine this weekend. Beautiful plane. Cockpit kit is great but I didn't do the lights, they seem cool but I've heard they're not worth the hassle.

Plane flies great. I'm actually running mine on 3S with a Hoffman motor that's equivalent to a Power 25, 40A ESC, and 13x6.5 prop. I'm at 5000 feet above sea level in Colorado. Total power is 385 watts at around 34 amps WOT and approximately 64 watts/ lb. Flying weight is right at 6lb with this setup. Mine will take off on a rough grassy field at 3/4 throttle and cruise slowly at 1/2 throttle, and will loop from level flight. I used this stuff because I had it lying around and I figured it would fly the plane fine. I didn't want to invest in a bunch of 4S batteries just for this plane as I have a ton of 3s. After 9 minute flights, I'm only putting 2000mah back into a 3600 battery...sweet. I've got planes that are 200 watts/ lb, I didn't need that for this plane. The recommended power setup should be more than adequate. I'm no 'scale nazi' but I think my power setup is probably closer to scale and I kind of wanted to see what that was like.

The shock absorbing landing gear is great, the plane flies slow well, stalls are predictable. Some folks on another forum were complaining of 'tip stall' but you've got to fly this with the rudder, coordinate turns, and keep the power on in turns...just like the full scale version. I saw a video of some guy blaming the plane for augering in after he tried to make a very tight downwind turn in a 10mph wind with about 15mph of ground speed...of course it's going to spiral in at that point.

The flaps work great for landing and you can just about deadstick it, point it down, and land like a feather. Mine takes off best with no flaps.

My only gripe is that the silly springy tailwheel, while scale, just doesn't provide adequate ground handling during takeoff...it's squirrely as all get out and forget trying to take off in a stiff crosswind. The springs could be stiffened a little bit but it would also stress out the rudder servo more. I haven't come up with a solution yet but I haven't really tried either. I have about 10 flights on mine so far and I like it for what it is. E-Flite/ Horizon's ARFs ar absolutely top notch in my book and this one doesn't disappoint; they really do their R&D.