JD,

The plane is all ABS and is a cinch to build(assemble). The control surfaces have molded in hinges. The cowl is part of the fuselage (as in non-removable) and was cut out perfectly for my OS .61FX. I had to add a hole to acces the rear mounting bolt for the muffler (the insrtructions tell you to do this). The wing is foam core ABS and is very rigid. It comes in 2 pieces and must be assembled. Very easy, they even give you a wooden block to put under the center of the wing while it is drying so it will have the correct dihedral. Horizontal stab is in two pieces and has a wooden spar that has to be epoxied in, simple again. Vertical stab with rudder already attached gets glued onto the fuse with thin CA, attach horizontal stab with thin CA. Two bulkheads get glued into the fusellage with thin CA. Landing gear gets bolted in. Servo tray glued in with thin CA. The instruction sheet is in Italian but a separate book in English is provided with references to the picture #'s on the Italian instructions. They were very adequate. I deviated from the instructions with regard to the water rudder control mechanism. They had a pull/pull cable system that required routing the cables through the fuze via aluminum tubes epoxied in the side of the fuze. I figured once the cables were installed there wasn't any way of removing them, short of cutting them, if you wanted to go back to wheels. I opted to run a pushrod in a tube from the planes rudder to the water rudder. There are extra holes on the rudder that you can fit a clevis to. You can see the red tube for the pushrod in the picture. I attached it to the float with a couple of nylon cable clamps and I secure the other end the same way to the fuse when I install the floats. Using this control method it takes about 20 minutes to convert back and forth.

I've only been flying since June so I asked the resident expert at our club to maiden it for me. Take off was perfect with very slight up elevator, once airborne 2 clicks up elevator and 2 clicks right aileron and it was flying hands off. He immediately started doing rolls, cuban 8's and some inverted flying. All maneuvers were executed cleanly. He remarked that the plane "flies like it is on rails". It is quite fast at full throttle. My flights are conducted at 1/2 throttle or less. I find this plane is easier to fly than any of the 3 trainers I own (Hobbico Superstar, Hangar 9 Xtra Easy and 2Easy) It lands faster than a trainer but with a perfect glide ratio "greased" landings are a given even for this rookie.

In think if you bought one wuou will be very pleased.