Hello; You'll enjoy that plane, I sure did mine. I used a Surpass 26 in mine, and would recommend it. I used Tyvek to cover mine. Tyvek is a vapour barrier that goes on before the siding on a house. It heat shrinks quickly and is vbery strong. I flew mine for 3 years then I accidently stepped on it once and destroyed it. Too bad I had lots of fun with that plane. It was so durable in the air that I could loop it around the telephone lines at our field without fear. The landings wer always funny with it, it would hang in ground effect until it was impossibly slow then stall and snap if it was too high. With the Tyvek covering, it was the toughest plane Ive ever had, I wish I still had it.