GO for it, you're going to love gas
Like you, I got a tremendous deal that I couldn't resist or refuse on the VVRC 40, I got it for next to nothing, new hardly use, then I needed an airplane to put it on and the Escapade had been released about a year by then and it had proven myself to be good, the rest is history.
This is at the WoodlaDavis field
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l3zVqAF2mUI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0cG7paOAs_Q
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IKXoKx_M09E