RE: Hots Performance
One of the best things about this plane is its stability. Makes it so easy to recover when things go wrong.
In fact the guy who scratch builds these over here actually uses it as a trainer, teaches people to fly with the 40 size version.
King, if you can perform the maneuvers with the Hots, you'll find that almost any fun-fly/3D plane will be a breeze to handle. The Hots is really good for learning aerobatics, as you can recover from almost anything.