Hi Steve, I have followed your posts all along and my Matrix still sits in its box. I have other pressing projects anyhow. I think I will wait until the winter months and then pull off all the covering and get into the airframe for some improvements. I will hunt around and try to find a composite landing gear that I can adapt while I am at it. Based on what you have found and seeing a few in my area I think CG has missed the mark on quality with this one.
If you remember, I wasn't looking for a 3-D airplane but a nice pattern trainer. It sounds as if this airplane has that potential, but to get it up to standards you have to "fix" a lot of quality control issues. Unacceptable in todays ARF market and especially for the price that CG wants for this airplane.