well you can save over an ounce or 2 in weight using li-po's and you can fly about 20 times before you need a charge!! lol i got it balanced some where between 5" and 5.5" not sure the exact but i'm between those numbers. i'm running a 1050 2 cell li-po pack. i hope to fly here this weekend if the weather here in the south holds out. past weeks have been crappy due to ice stroms and wind!!! i got my receiver behind the wing in the fuse i cut away the firt opeing in the covering and put a small floor in to strap the receiver to, and my battery is lieing between the throttle servo and the bulkhead at the back of the tank but it's not in the tank compartment. i fly and hanger 9 cap 232 120 size in imac contest and this things is as long as it!!!! it's hard to beleive how long the fuse it. i hope it does patern style manuvers good, cause i also have a pattern back ground!! i'm pretty good a 3-d so i hope it's an all around plane. i had the first magic and the magic extra and they were ok but they needed a little longer fuses to make their 3-d quailys better. think this one has that figured out!!! i will let everyone know how she flys soon!!!

mike