I had a DLE 30 in my first one. That was fun, bet eventually you find the only time you can open that engine up is when the plane is pointed straight up. MUCH more fun to fly on 20cc's, but they weren't even out yet when the plane was released! It wasn't until about when the the plane went out of production that DLE released the first 20's.

I watched a buddy's Funtana just explode right in front of us in one of the most incredible mid air disasters I have ever seen. He was messing around making a wide open run on the level with his DLE 30 powered plane, when an aileron started to flutter. Before he could do anything about it, the aileron flutter graduated to the wing, and the entire wing started fluttering. When the second wing (the one closest to us) started fluttering, it was all over. That plane just exploded with a big WUMP. You could feel the concussion of that explosion in your chest! What didn't let go in the air at that moment turned into a lawn dart that landed with a 75' debris trail..... Spectacular! About the only thing that wasn't destroyed was the engine. -Al