well although my 280 motor isn't broke in yet, i haven't had any success flying this yet. i've broken the fuselage infront and behind the wing, the places where the hollowing out begins and ends so i'm going to epoxy cf rods along the sides. the wing is really strong, especially with the cf rod i put in. i'm going to try breaking in the motor and see if it will fly, but i've already ordered a mini model motors 280 brushless for it and a 3 cell 1200mah lipo (i'm currently running a 2 cell 1200 lipo). as there's not going to be any room inside the fuse for the battery, i'm going to mount it ontop of the wing and put a little fairing in front of it - it will be infront of the canopy. the ailerons are really resonsive, but i haven't checked the control throws yet. i bought the brushless as i really want to fly this plane as i want to get into pylon racing.