Sorry to hear about your fuse[&o]. This kit is the newer laser cut job. Real nice! The first two were the crunchy diecut jobs. Kinda a pain. I am likely to pass on the flaps mod and set the ailerons as flaperons in case I need a little assist in getting the nose up a tad when landing. As for the prop clearence problem, I am using 3 blade (10/7) props and going to set it up for 0-0-0 incidence (like the Mark II). That sould give me a little more clearence. I have not seen the "change in the gear setup" that you mentioned. Can you share some info on that? Thanks!