No, I've been pathetically close-minded until I started reading this board. Sadly, I'm still fueled by trying to beat this thing and meet my goal of graduating (Spending more money) on another plane, hopefully one with ailerons. Of course, I'm getting very close to the "Square peg, round hole" analog to an unachievable goal. I'm faced with the likely possibility of side-stepping to another plane.

The freedom flyer looks dandy, a nice glider-to-EP transition plane. The stock on/off motor control could be easily retrofitted with an ESC, making it a bit more functional as a 3 proportional channel segwey to 4-ch aileron control. I'm going to give the A.C. another weekend, new parts arrived today, and see if my stubborness holds until Monday. If I do bite the bullet and buy a new plane essentially from the same category as the A.C, I'm currently leaning towards the Slow Stick. True, it doesn't look much like a plane, but either does my A.C. anymore. I just haven't heard a bad thing about the SS from anyone really, save those who have forgotten what it was like to be learning. Again, I sure as hell wish I had been on this board about a month ago when this whole domino melee began. If I can get through this, I will have a tremendous amount of self-satisfaction. If not, at least I'll have a hearty humble pie to snack on for the winter. I'm definitely not quitting, it's just not in my nature.

Thanks for the info.