I flew with the long booms as well and the Super Tigre 35 Combat Special, I was useing the Fox combat special until in 62 I won one in combat in rochester ny it was so good after modifing a little never went back to the fox, also got Riley to send me up to Canada 24 of the foam Vampires great flying planes and I brought them across the border in the trunk of a 64 Mustang, our speciality back in the 62-67 was rat race with our own design the Arrow, we won a lot of races