I think you made a great choice on first airplane. It was my first one also and I loved it, and to you guys who called it a "slow draggy flyer", thpthpthpthpthpthpthp. It is not, too! But seriously , I hope you get as much enjoyment out of yours as I did mine. It's an older, well proven design. The only thing I did differently from the instructions was to take half the dihedral out and add 1 bay to each wing (about 3 inches). Talk about a floater! . I started out with a Tower .46 turning a 11-6 three-bladed prop, and I also flew it with a 11-6 and 11-5 two bladed props. I agree the 11-5 is probably the best to learn on, allows plenty of rpm's but not a great deal of speed and good braking on approach. I assume you've already built it, but if you haven't I would recommend taking out some of the dihedral, especially if you are a "fast learner". The plane could do without ailerons with as much dihedral as it has, I found it to be very responsive but still very stable with the decreased dihedral. stretching the wing is totally unnecessary, though, I found it hard to land with any wind blowing, it wanted to keep flying.

One big recommendation, though. Stay away from 1/4 scale Cubs while flying. In a mid-air they will eat your lunch. My poor Kadet is now balsa confetti, courtesy of a G-26 and a 20 inch prop.