I fly the King Altair in SPA competition which has an engine restriction limit of .91 4-stroke or .61 2-stroke w/o tuned pipe. The "King" is a very large, graceful, (and beautiful IMO) plane...very easy to fly...I just like it, (see attachments for my former and current King, the current is the blue/yellow/white one, and that is the one I'm building the wing for. It is the prototype for Jeff's King Altair kit). The original wingspan is 80", (mine are modified to 70" and 74"). The love of this plane is why my RCU "handle" is Kingaltair.

Since I'm limited in engine selection, my main hope is to save weight. A couple of us are going to try to build the "ultimate" King Altair weight-wise this winter. It will be a (ugg [:'(] taildragger, as are most SPA planes to save weight), and we will try everything possible to lighten the plane to 7-1/2 lbs. As I said, it flies adequately at 8lbs 5oz, but we'd like to make it a bit more competitive to handle the verticals of EXPERT CLASS.

Duane