Have been trying to fly my Midwest Stearman for some two years now and have had many instances of stalling and fortunately have survived most crashes with minimal damage. Mostly bent gear and a pushed-in firewall. This is a very disappointing model to me as I have some 25 years of RC flying and have tried most all model configurations. With 30oz. of lead in the nose, my Stearman comes in around 15 lbs., wet. The other day I computed the wing loading using a 15% reduction in measured wing area for biplane inefficiency and walla, mine comes in at a wing loading of 33oz/ sq. feet. The Stearman is not suppose to fly with wing loading like a WW2 fighter. But, that apparently is the sad state of affairs with this plywood disaster! Yep, have had some good flights but doesn't make up for all the stalling problems. I guess I am too comfortable with my Phaeton 90 bipe which really flies! Oh well, back to the canards. The one attached really flies well! [sm=drowning.gif]