Tony, the plane has a 37" wingspan. Idon't have the instructions currently on hand. I'm going to take a guess of about 280 sqares. The plane is fun, but it doesn't come without problems. Out of the box, the plane is so twisted it flies about 35 deg tip high on the outboard wing. This isn't just mine. Everyone I've seen come out of the box flew this way. The covering is useless, tear it off right out of the box and recover or you won't be happy. I've had stock covering stay put about a maximum of 20 flights. Irecovered with SLCPhil Cartier product. Inever looked back. Either bush the cheap aluminum bellcrank at this point or replace with you own. Iused some 3/32" T-6. The pushrod will wear out the bellcrank extremely fast. Iknow my explanation sounds semi negative, Itruly like this plane as it does work. It just needs some help. A TD .09 will balance the plane spot on. The TD .09 weighs twice what the .049 weighs just to give you an idea of how much nose weight is needed.

Iflew the plane using a Stels .049 which worked well but it needed a good chunk of steel up front to balance it in. It did however do ok. I settled on a AME .049 and this needed even more weight but it did real well on 42" lines. If you have a good TD, Ibelieve it would work. A ball bearing .049 still won't balance the plane. Ihad to have a custom mount extending the engine forward. In the eyes of most combat flyers this is a no no. Itypically have my engines set back into my leading edges. However, even with the engine out there it flies well and I'm currently using 4 of them in my fleet. Ido enjoy them. Ken