I just got off the phone from having a long talk with Greg, at Great Planes, warranty center. He, told me that he was not aware of any problems with the Pitts. He stated that he himself, had been flying his GP Pitts, 1/3rd scale, for almost a month, with a G-62, on it and had experienced absolutely no problems. I also read in this months "RC report," where Dick Pettit, and John Beech, ("Modelspport Magazine), witnessed Forrest Waller, fly his G-62 powered 1/3rd scale Pitts. He stated that the plane was assembled as per instructions, with only a few small changes. (none structually). Farthermore, Forrest, had only used two servos in the lower wings, and more importantly, he used no Flying Wires. Forrest used Robart hinges, (as did I) and a pull pull linkage on the rudder, with the servo being mounted under the cockpit. The engine thrust was measured at 25 lb. Thats a lot of power for such a light airplane. Here, I am going to quote what Dick said about his observation of the flight.
"After a 20' rollout Forrest pulled streight up verticle and headed for the high clouds! For the next ten minutes he did just about evey maneuver I've ever seen, and a few that looked like they were invented that day! The Pitts responded to each maneuver with good authority, showing absolutely no sign of structural weakness, even when subjected to some pretty violent maneuvers".
There is also another complete test review in the same magazine
that also gives rave reviews of the GP 1/3rd scale Pitts.

That sounds like a pretty good endorsement to me. But to top it off, and this is the best part, Greg, at Great Planes, Warranty Center, told me that "If you have a problemand the plane crashes, just send the part's , back and we will send you a new kit. Now I realize this is small compensation for all the hard work of building the kit, but what else could we expect them to do?

My advice to anyone thinking of purchasing this kit is to build it, fly it, and be willing to accept the risk you assume when flying any ARF. If you are afraid of the kit, just don't buy it.
Now, wish me luck, because, I'm going flying tomorrow, and if this kit has a weakness, beleive me, when I get through, it will show up.