Yes, I love the airplane dearly. It is like one of my children. The 1.8 gives it decent power; it will pull out of a hover....not with AUTHORITY but it will pull out. Use good servos...70 inch-ounce at least on elevator halves and ailerons; 130 inch-ounce on rudder. Keep the CG forward for the first few flights then move it back as you get comfortable. The Sig Extra300xs will land easier than an Aerostar if the CG is forward. Move it back, though, and get at leat 3 degrees right thrust to do torque rolls. If you don't give it right thrust, then you can't hover, no matter how much rudder throw you have.