My intent was not to scare anyone who is about to fly this aircraft. I posted my personal experience and opinion. The plane flies fine now that I made all the adjustments, changed all the hardware, but not as good as any of the print reviews. I get a little pissy in my old age when I see someone defend a product that has so many sub-standard parts included with an ARF kit claiming to be 3D ready. Somewhere in my previous post I should have put “DP does not recommend a gas engine in this airplane”. That seems to be the “OUT” being used as an excuse for the flutter problems some airplanes are experiencing. I guess the flutted problem would not exist if you use the OS 160 FX putting out 3.7 hp instead of the lower 3.1 hp rating of the FPE 2.4 engine. Maybe the OS 120 FS with 2.1 hp would stop the flutter. Then again it could be the large built-up ailerons instead of sheeted or solid pieces causing the problem. Why not delete all the hardware in the package and cut the price by $3.00 on the retail side. I’m sure that if you bolted up an OS 46 FS motor you could use the 2-56 push rods and clevis provided, right? An aircraft of this size capable of most 3D maneuvers regardless of the engine should not have this low level of hardware included. I have seen "you need to use throttle management with this airplane" printed a number of times. Why not just build an airplane of this size properly, now that would be something to work on. Give me a break!

I’ll stop now before I really get started.