I concur with Randy. This would not be a very good second aircraft unless you have to have that adrenalin fix (scare) during a take-off or landing. Flew mine this afternoon after some minor tweaking of the fixed gear and opening up some cooling holes for the Saito .91 engine under the hood. I have had the priviledge of flying a great variety of aircraft in the few years I have been an R\C pilot with most of them being 1/4 scalish in size. I can truthfully say that the Chippy is one of the most difficult aircraft to land consistently well of any I have flown. It does not taxi particularly well either as one has to really be "on the rudder" when flying from a grass field (the very small tail wheel contributes to this I am sure) on the take-off run. The flaps really do stabilize the craft on final approach and touch-down, so I prefer to use them whenever possible. The aircraft also has a tendency to "nose over" on landing if you are not careful to hold full up elevator all the way through the landing roll out. Once in the air, the plane flys great! With the Saito .91 it does not have exactly unlimited vertical (almost though), but does have ample power for most all maneuvers you will normally perform. Quality is very good on this model as is on virtually all the World Models line.

All this being said--I am thinking that the new W.M. Super Sports Senior would be an ideal next plane for you. Check it out!

Sam