It's pretty obvious the first two guys have never owned or flown one. But you know what they say about opinions...

I had one for years. It was my favorite knock-around airplane, and was an absolute ball to fly. After a while it wasn't much to look at (and wasn't to start with!). It'd lost it's canopy and turtle deck, and the red markings began to streak after being covered in oil over the course of many hundreds of flights.

Mine started out with a Fox 40BB on the nose. It needed more power, so I put a 46fx on it. That was just about perfect. Once you move the CG back (way back!) the Colt just comes alive. Great spins and tumble! It was easy to do a knife-edge spin with that one. There was nothing to flattening out a spin and just watching it sink. The Colt has no nasty recovery habbits either. The only time I had a problem was with an inverted flat spin. For some reason I couldn't get it out that time, so I just let it go in like that. I was flying again 10 minutes later. Can anyone say that about their chosen balsa model? I doubt it.

It's a docile airplane when it comes to handling. No bad ground habbits, and it's great for shooting touch and goes with.

One of the changes I'd recommend is putting a servo in each wing rather than using the torque rods. There's not a lot of clearance between the aileron servo and the others with the stock setup, and you need a high-torque servo if you're going to go with just one.

It was a fine airplane, and I'll likely buy another at some point.