You'll be happy you beefed it up like you did. I had both of mine fail as per the plans on my std sized one on the first couple of landings and all were greasers. I then beefed mine up with better ply and carbon fiber. No issues since. My big one has a foam core wing so the gear is in differently but nice and strong from what I learned on the std sized one. You'll love how it flies. Like a huge kaos!