<<..I read on the Graupner web site...>>

There you go. The Europeans are just now discovering 3F. The vast majority of them fly scale or non-3F sport, and wind-up just isn't that big of a deal for them. Besides, knowing the Germans, they probably use wire twice as thick as anyone else...<G>

I have the issue wire drive in my X-Cell 30. With the 460T gyro and 4131 servo it had, the tail was quite lively and precise. I expect even better from the Futaba 501 gyro with 9252 servo it will have when I get this JR-to-Futaba changeover completed.

But I'll wager that if I began flip-flopping around, etc., with it, I would notice some degradation in tail authority.

Steve