Luke, if you are really determined to fly a spit get someone that has had experience with flying them and get them to take it off and land it, check it out for the obvious things and then do it again and you fly it, if it is then to hard or you think it will be get your offsider to land it and put it away until you have more experience, the thrill of flying a spitfire on your part has then been acheived and you may feel satisfied of what limits you have. I am too a spitfire fanatic having scratch built a 1/3,1/4, 1/5 spits, if you can supply some pics of the spit would be appreciated.