donniercjet, your doing good if you have the kind of reliability you say.The Mig is a nice flying plane and it sounds like you do your homework. I'm just going by what I saw all summer at my local field. We have 6 guys with fans, probably a dozen jets between them. I think we saw maybe 4 successfull flights. Most can't get airborne and when they do it's a dissaster. Thats whats nice about your Mig, plenty of static takeoff thrust. The problem is these guys don't pay the proper respect to installation and maintenance and it shows at the field. Don't dis the electrics, I felt the same way you do a year ago. We fly all day, I get 2 six minute flights on the F-16 and then an hour recharge to repeat. At the speed it flies believe me thats plenty for my old eyes. We fly gas warbirds also so I get a full days flying in. With a quality charger the lipo's have never given us a problem. All I know is me and my son fly and fly and fly while our buddies tinker and curse. I wish we lived closer, I know you would get a kick out of the Sniper and F-16. We're all JET guys!!!!! Doug