Well, if it is any condolence, I tore off the nose from my Super Reaper not once, not twice but THREE times last year! Ugh! I said our field is rough... two times I landed a little hot, and bounced enough to stab the nose and snap it off (just about where the canopy starts) and it was no big deal to repair. The third happened when I was doing a take off, hit a bit rut, bounced the nose up before I was at flying speed but it lifted off about 5 or 6 feet before stalling - nose dropped and tore off this time right in front of the wing and took a canard with it.

I have to rebuild the fuse. I think with the added thrust of the larger engine, I can reset my LG position for a more nose heavy situation, and also move my CG forward a bit, which should make the front end less bouncy...

Anyway, it is good that a wood jet is easy to repair and also inexpensive to repair...

It was a super flyer with the Wren 54 once it was airborn, with near double the thrust it should really be FUN!

AJC