pshark - great.. looking forward to your results and info. My plane just arrived today w/o a scratch to the box - yes, I'm shocked. Frankly, I've never had a plane that does not need alignment - even the $3000 models need some tweaking - in alignment - so I'm a bit surprised you don't see any wing-to-stab alignment issues. If you measured wing tip to stab tip on both sides, what was the measurement (if you recall). Was it within 1/16" or so? How was the fin alignment to the stab? Did you measure from the top of the fin to each stab end? and were they the same - meaning the stab was square to the fin. That too would be amazing to me, but I hope it was good and that mine is very close (but I don't expect it to be). Thanks for the info on the spinner - now that I have mine, I can check very easy too. I see you are in Folsom - have we flown together at contests before? I flew out of San Jose for 25 years and moved to Colorado 4 years ago. Scott