I'm pretty much new to retracts and don't know squat about them as I've never been able to use them (where I fly the cracks in the seriously deteriorating asphault runway would destry them, but Now we've got fresh pavement). I do know this much... pneumatic is better than mechanical, and the wire ones look flimzy and lame...especially for a semi-scale model.

I'm still ont he fence as to what to use for power... I've got a YS 91AC, but I'm thinking of selling that along with a OS 61 FX to finance either a YS 110, saito 180, or a OS 1.60.. Still trying to decide between 2 and 4 stroke....(I like the price of the 1.60.....but not the sound of a 2-stroke....)

I think it's off to call chief and finally buy one of these.... I really was trying to hold out till at lest mid october for more people to chime in....But I just can't resist....