Hi Gary:

I am flying one of the composite kits, although due to a prior wreck, I have converted to a pair of obechi wings I bought damaged and repaired and glassed.....I still am using the fuse and composite fins.....

Check with Tad at http://www.goldenwestmodels.net

I think he may have a couple of them left.....that's where mine came from...

I think you can still get them completely ARF'd, for a few more bucks....come hinged with all the servo trays in place in the wings, and all the bulkheads and formers in the fuse....speed brake installed, and fuel tank mounts in place....then it just a matter of gearing up and painting.....

I highly recommend the Robart 630 retracts with Robart struts.....and Glennis, BVM, Intairco, or Trim W/B.....over the imported stuff like from Eurokit....

Tom

P.S.---wish I had known that at SM---could have put you on the buddy box and have you try my ancient HotSpot(pushing 200 flights now)....once you get the C.G right, along with proper throws, it lands very nice....very little tendency to Kangaroo hop...easy, nose high landings, most of the time Most guys get in trouble with the C.G. too far back...it then likes to do the HotSpot Cobra about 3 feet off the ground, following the first bounce....

As far as x-winds, once you mix out the roll coupling on the rudder, they are very effective in keeping the nose straight with a x-wind...go arounds are no problem, as long as you give my P-120 a few minutes notice to spool up

Scott Harris in another fellow that burns lots of gallons with his Mercury powered HS and might chime in....