Hey DUF1 have you started building yours yet? I have mine finished and test flew it this past weekend. I can tell you I'm not disappointed at all. It flies great. Takes off of our flat but somewhat rough 425 foot grass feild. Uses about 1/2 or 3/4 of the feild to take off and land with no air or wheel brakes. I'm flying it with my homebuilt wren 54 at around 11 lbs of thrust. It came out at slightly under 10 lbs without fuel. Go ahead and build yours, You will like it.