Ernie, without going into a lot of detail, I bought/built an AW Yak 90-120, powered it with a DLE 20. To say I was less than impressed with the construction is an understatement. Point being, I don't think his is that big an exception? From what I've seen they're over rated and overweight.

And you are right. The difference in wing area on the available ARF profiles is most noticed in the low and slow stuff - and I'm a far cry from a hardcore 3D capable. More a wannabe? I have learned enough to have a clue about what I'm looking for in a plane though.

The SDS ARF profiles/lookalikes are pretty well known for shaking the front end apart. Unless something has changed, if somebody is going to build one, they should seriously consider reinforcing it. That's not to say the rest of their planes are bad though. SDS planes not that bad at all as a rule? I've built 2 of their 30cc planes as well as a 50 and they were fine. No worse than the AW I had at minimum... The planes Team sells are drop shipped from here as well. Team is just a middleman (without inventory) with no better customer service than you would expect from SDS or other Chinese distributors!

Too bad about the lack of available good ARF profiles. Somebody is going to hit a home run when they come out with something that closer to being right. They're a complete blast to fly, even if you're a 3D hacker just out boring holes in the sky! I think the more guys that see and fly them the more demand there will be?