Ok stop rubbing it in. Some of the brave hearts do put skis on their planes. I prefer to keep the feeling in my fingers and toes. Best I can do is to put the glow fuel to the side and pull out the small electric park fliers (yawn) and go fly indoors either at a high school field house or we rent out a golf dome after hours and fly there. Either way, my wife says it keeps me out of trouble. Little does she know...lol.

As for the Decathlon, I decided to go with the OS instead of the Saito. I know I give up a little on weight, but when I compare the rpm's and recommended props it looks like the OS puts out close to the same power with a smaller prop (smallest prop for Saito is 12x8 and OS was 11x8). Because our field has a grass runway, I not only have to look at ground clearance but GRASS clearance. I could increase the size of the wheels, but there is not too much more room in the wheel pants for that. Plus I think it would look stupid.

Now if you were a REAL nice guy, you would fly me out there and we could test fly these planes and compare notes...lol. But I can't make it over Christmas...have a scuba dive planned in the Carribean...sorry.