Its time for me to chime in on the build. I agree that there are many things that people would want to do differently on any build of any type aircraft. When designing the original i went thru a number of changes while learning some tricks with this plane... I have been building for about 35 years. When Great Planes engineers took this design and figured out how to mass produce it, they put their expertise into the pot, mixed it all up with their own personal preferences and you have what you got in the kit. 12 modelers would chose to build this plane 6 different ways so interpretation is the key. I agree that after the first build the second is always easier, this is true with any design type. My personal experience with building is that if I rush or "hurry" through a build, I rarely ever like the end result. The key to a good aircraft is keeping it as straight a possible. When building Sean's models I put everything in special jigs that i have built just for this model. I don't expect everyone to build jigs for one or two models but I built 54 of them last winter and they all flew almost identical. They gotta be straight... Sean won't fly ugly or crooked airplanes. Designing and developing this plane into a competition indoor foamy was a blast and i hope that everyone has as much fun with them as we have in OKC. Caution... after you get used to how this plane flies and all of the things it will do... it's hard to go back to a conventional non symmetrical aircraft.
Thanks, Greg