I purchased an an avistar select in November of last year. Great trainer.

The only things I did differently from the instructions were to epoxy the two wing halves together and epoxy in the tail feathers.

I would watch the rubber stopper in the fuel tank. Mine vibrated loose and I wound up dumping a bunch of fuel all over the inside of the plane which was a pain to clean up.

Other than that... great plane. I still fly it every weekend.

Ted