Patrick, I made my comments comparing the spad to a traditional balsa trainer like the Nextar or the Tower Trainer that I used to instruct with. Compared to them, the Debonair I started with had a harsher stall and was not as easy to land nor as smooth to fly. It worked, but the balsa planes worked better. But as RC planes go, it was not particularly snappy. I have a little park flyer Edge 540 with a way too thin wing and too sharp leading edge. It's also a little overweight. Now that's a snappy plane. If I pull a little too hard coming out of a dive I'll be inverted before I even know what's happening. And when it stalls on a landing approach, it falls straight down with no real warning. But it spins like a dream and tracks well even in the wind, so those are the compromises you make.