dougwill...I'm in the same boat as you as far as weather. We are on very limited time. Our weather has been kinda Indian Summer like for the past few weeks. Very nice. In the mid 60 during the day and down to high 30 at night. But this week it's changing. Brisk winds and cool. High 40. Hopefully I'll get a break on Saturday so I can fly this bird a few times. But we are definitely on a very limited time left to fly. Come winter a couple of our club members fly on the snow. I don't. I just give it a rest until March or so. Unless I go and see gjeffers and raideron this year. That would be fun.

I can't wait to get the 46 up in the air again. It truly is a fun plane. I'm going to enjoy mine a bunch. It's funny as I've matured a little bit in this hobby I've tried other, more expensive, better planes, and I've enjoyed them and found things I like in all of them. I've tried an Extreme Flight Yak, Showtime, Funtana 90, Mayhem, Twist and Ultra Sticks. But I always come back to the UCDs. Both the 60 and the 46. It keeps my interest and is just more fun to fly. Especially the 46. And it takes a lot less money and effort to fly these babies. I love them.

To answer your question on the metal gear servos, here's my take. I think the plane performs better and is at less risk of flutter (the control surfaces are huge on this plane) with metal gear servos. I wouldn't use anything else. I've actually stripped two Futaba 9001 servos on the ailerons of my 60 size. Two seperate incidences which didn't result in a crash,...but almost. That was scary enough for me. I won't use anything else now. And I've stockpiled a few of the HiTec 5625, 5645, and 645. I buy them when I see a good sale. You can get the 645 for about $33. The 56XX for about $45 if you shop around. It's worth it to me. Others have had success with the nylon gears and that has been a debate on this forum and other forums for a long time. I just don't see the need to take the extra risk. They are not that much more money and the piece of mind is a blessing. I have plenty of other ways to crash, I don't need a servo's help.

thanks
Barry