Cessna take the following with a grain of salt. These opinions are only what I have read or heard. The Nobler that GP is selling is a nice kit. It is updated from the original. It flies well but kinda fast. Builds well and has quality contents in the kit. I would probably not use retracts. The plane is not designed for them. Being this is your second plane I would suggest not doing retracts. They tend to be a little delicate. You are going to give the gear a good workout as your second plane. Whatever the reccomended engines are I woud go with one at the top of the range. And I would also like to say that I am not sure that this would be a good second plane. A third or fourth certainly. I would suggest a 4* or a tiger xx. I hope this helps. Maybe someone with experience with the updated kit can chime in. I like the looks of this plane too.

Mark Shuman