I made my first flights on the Mini-Funtana this weekend and all I can say is WOW! .This thing is incredible. It flies like a pattern plane or a bullet depending on your mood at the time. Shrugs off wind beyond belief and lands very well. In an axial spin on high rates my son says it looks like it was fired out of a rifled barrel. He flies a World Models Cap .46 and he wouldn't touch this thing on high rates and would only fly it on low rates if it was waaay up there.
Now that I have that out of my system I will get more realistic. I powered mine with an OS .15 FP. This is not a beginners plane. It is fast and it will flat spin like a Maple seed when the throttle is pulled back. It just floats down at a very low hang angle and stops the spin in less than one turn. One guy at the field said if he had a plane that would spin like that he would do it all day. Snaps spins don't work great for me but axial spins are unbelievable. On high rates they are so fast that you honestly can't tell which side is up. The elevator is also very effective. There is no way that I can describe how fast this little Funtana can change directions. If any of you watched Muddimens (sp?) demonstrations at Ida Grove years ago with his Flying Machines, you will have some idea how quick this thing is. BUT- if flown on low rates it will become very well mannered and is a real joy to fly. You point it and that is where it goes. Take offs and landings are very smooth on low rates and can be handled by any one of slightly more than average skill.
After all is said and done I feel that this has been a very rewarding project and the quality of the Mini-Funtana is first rate all the way. I hope to be enjoying mine for a long time to come.
Chris