min2,

I am surprised to see you still posting here. I dropped in out of the blue to see how this thread was doing. Much to my surprise there is another nearly 40 pages since my last bookmark.[X(]

You know, I bought another one of these (Pheonix Extras) about a year or so ago. Tower had them on sale and with a discount and free shipping I think I picked it up for a 100 bucks while buying some other stuff. It still sits in the box. I have no idea when I'll dig it out and throw the thing together. I don't like the newer short cowls. I'll use the cowl off my 1st one when I do put it together.

My Son still flies his. We built a landing gear for his out of some 6061 aluminim flat bar. Same stuff you can pick up at the home improvement stores. A hack saw, file and vise is all you need to make one. Well, a drill bit would kind of help to get a few strategically located holes put in it.