There isn't a thing in the world wrong with a stick. It is one of the greatest flying planes ever designed. It won't do a great pattern, but it will fly great. It wasn't meant to do the pattern anyway, so just enjoy it and have a ball. That is what it was designed for and it does that very well. Just because it is al old design doesn't make it a bad plane. Some of the older planes are the greatest flying planes ever designed. One thing you must remember when flying this plane. It will not self right. You have to fly it all the time, but it is not a hard plane to fly. Just don't expect it to level out by itself. The wing is flat, so you need to fly it all the time. Remember that and you will get along great with it.

Ed