Kurt not sure if you were asking me that last question or not, but I will in my two cents in case.

Being in chicago it gets pretty windy and there is this old flyer at my club who is there almost everyday. I trust his advice and he flies just about everything. One day we show up to the field and the wind was gusting. My instructor didn't want to take up my Sig LT40 because of it and others were at the field waiting for the wind to die down so they could fly also. Now this flier takes his stik and flys and even with the wind steady and in gusts was just cruising around enjoying his flying time with the sky to himself.

I asked about his stik and he tells me that its his windy plane and it keeps him airborne. Point of the story is I always see stiks flying regardless of the wind. I feel alot of it is the pilots skills but everywhere I read (and asked) people say the stik is a plane that should be in everyones hanger. While I do not know how it flys personally I just bought one and am building it up for my second plane because of how forgiving and easy people think it flies.

Take that for what you will but it influenced my choice in plane. I have the .40 Great Planes Stik