I bought it used .. Maybe I should check them retracts .. I tried to balance it last night .It was taking a ton of weight to balance it with out the cowl on . (( Its on order )) I thought the cowl cant be that heavy .. Well it turns out the guy must have replaced the motor mount and has the motor sitting back 3/4 of an inch to much ..If I get her moved forward that should help .Gotta take a trip to the old Hobby shop tommrow and find a longer mount .. I also wonder if we will get some good flying days this summer here in northern Wisconsin .. Its been the worst summer ive seen . Record cold temps and seems like theres always wind .Tried to get out today but by the time I got to the field wind picked up to 15 to 20 .Sometimes it would gust real high . I took off with the Old Goldberg Cub . It got way to windy and had a heck of a time getting her to land . Ild bring her around into the wind and she would just float and hang there . Well maybe Sept will be better !!!!