Thanks for the info 2slow2matter. I have not yet had to deal with the covering yet which sounds like a good thing all that I had to do was tighten it up with my iron a couple of times. As for the wood I agree that it looks pretty junky but i havent had anything break on it yet. I also herd about the carbs freezing up. That really sucks. I used to work at a hobby store and never had a customer come in with that problem. I did have customers say that they didnt care for the covering to much, but never had one come in with the wings folding or any other problems. I know of a couple people flying the sticks and the extra 300's with the vmax engines and all like them so far. As for the hardware i used du-bro or great planes. I dont remember which one. I recently converted my stinger to a float plane but havent flown it yet with them.