Oh I agree, I've flown both Focii (hehe) and I was blown away at how well they flew. Very little coupling and they track nice.

I know about CA, I had a Widebody myself, and it was an awesome plane. I just wish it was 2 meters. The Eclipse is pretty neat, but again it's fiberglass, and sometimes hard to get....

I Have a Funtana Pro, which is a FULL 2 meter all wood plane with carbon spars...and it's HUGE, much lager than say a Smaragd...and yet the airframe weighs only about 4 lbs before covering, and that's with the cowl, canopy, etc installed. So I KNOW this plane will be under 10 lbs when it's flying, so it can be done....but just getting enough decent wood to MAKE a kit here in the US is a challenge, and most pattern pilots would turn thier nose up at it anyway, because it's not "state of the art". So again, I understand why things are done the way they are, on plenty of levels. I just believe a lot of people are not being catered to, and those are potential pattern pilots.

BUT I've ranted enough on this subject, heck I may throw in the towel and get a composite pattern plane myself one day. Maybe sooner than I think. But for now, I'll keep flying and building my lumber yards

-Mike