Gary, It's a wonderful choice for your second build, as far as clipped or not, it depends on the way you like to fly. I built mine last year, full wing, covered in monokote and detailed the inside as best as I could. Powered it with a Magmun .52 4 stroker and it fly's so cool and slow. It's is the perfect Sunday flyer when you just want to putt around. what ever you decide, just enjoy building it, it is a wonderful second kit to build.