I'm so glad this post came up, I have seen so many different opinions on pattern planes and how they fly or don't fly. I usually don't fly the one I still have in flying condition unless I see the wind is going to come up but I think I will take it out this week. If the lake bed missed the big storm we just had and isn't under water again! Wish I had someone here to do the reapir work on my 2 meter too, it's one plane I miss but the original builder used Balsarite on the wood and that old covering is really stuck on there!!!