I have never set an F3A plane up like that and do not intend to in the future!! the Capishe 140 is an artistic aero plane and to get the best out of it it has to be a compromise. The C140 is never going to set the world alight as an out and out F3A plane and i would not choose it for that perpose, but as an artistic areo i would pick it every time. my two are now 4 1/4 and 2 1/2 years old and neither have hit the ground yet (both come very close every flight!!) but thats the nature of this type of flying.