My previous post was after building the "hot rod". Flying it was a different story. A club mate and I spent the afternoon replacing the undercarriage of the plane. The nose wheel wanted to bend in as the plane rolled down the runway. I lost count of the roll overs that occurred during this brief jaunt to the field. One of the mains toe out, causing the plane to track sporadically down the runway. There were a couple of times the plane did a massive YAW upon takeoff, causing some hair raising moments.

I guess I was luckier than most in that I didn't have to straighten any of the wood parts. The plane came in great shape. It flies well after quite a bit of tweaking. On my last landing of the day, the nose wheel sprung out of the top support and caused a pretty bad nose-over. Had to re-install the tail section which had broken away from the plane. That, definitely, is balsa.

My instructor and I reviewed the desk-jet printed flyer that accompanied the plane. After now believing that I was lucky to get the kit in the condition it was in, I may veer to another vendor for my next ARF. I know that being on the fence doesn't help much for a recommendation.