The balsa is all high quality. All the parts are laser cut, and still in the sheet; there is a lot of sticks, plenty of wood left over after the build. Lots of lite ply, hardware package is very good, both in quantity and quality.

The plans are excellent, and the kit is designed to be built on the plans. The instruction manual is very clear, has lots of photos. You can build the plane with a full span or clipped wing, the plans and instructions show both options.
Easy is all relative; if you've done repairs, you should be able to build this plane. It is straightforward, just take your time and be as precise as possible with your cuts. A lot of the cabin and fuse structure will go together without glue, it fits so well; the instructions even recommend this at times, to assemble it dry, square it up and pin it securely, then hit the major joints with Ca, and then go back and get everything else.

The cabin is very roomy, and the door and window on the right are functional-- they have to be, because that is your access to the radio and servos. The wings have aluminum joiner tubes, so they come off in halves and make for easy transport. The struts are fully functional and the plane CANNOT be flown without them. Each strut attaches to its wing with four 4-40 screws, there is one 8-32 in each wing root, and a 6-32 attaches the strut end to its bracket at the bottom of the fuselage. All the screws fit into blind nuts.

There is a servo tray in the rear of the cabin for the throttle, rudder, and elevator servo, and each aileron has its own servo, which is hidden in the wing and is mounted to an access hatch.

The cowl is fiberglass, nicely made, but I'd recommend adding a layer of fiberglass to the inside for more strength, especially at the chin, because you WILL nose over from time to time. DuBro make a great set of Cub wheels in 1/5 scale, and of course there is the scale gear, two kinds available that I know of, Robart, and William Wallace, although I'm not sure of the availablity of his. There's about $15 difference between the two, I have both and like the Wallace better for scale, but the Robart I believe will ultimately last longer. I should do a photo comparison of the two and post them. Look for it in the Scale forum soon.

Have you covered a plane before? Koverall and dope I think makes the best scale -appearing skin, but my second choice would be Solartex, and third would be 21st Century fabric.

How does it fly? Like a Cub!!!!. It's not a hands-off flying plane, but it goes where you point it, has few really bad manners. It takes very little power to fly it, and it will float forever. The Sig booklet says it should come out around 7 pounds, mine is ten due to the mods, and the scale gear will add weight. As any tail dragger, it needs right rudder on take-off to stay straight down the runway, and has a fair amount of adverse yaw, which can be minimized by putting in aileron differential in the throws (ailerons should have more UP travel than DOWN). It is NOT a trainer, but with your flying experience, and someone to give you a hand, it should pose no problems to learn to fly it, and once you are flying it well, it will make you a better pilot all around, because you will learn to use ALL the controls, especially the rudder.

GOOD LUCK!!