Chad,

My Twist also has the Saito 82. The prop's been on so long I can't recall what it is--a 13 x 8, I believe. AND it hovers well. Believe it or not, I had a Super Tigre .45 (great engine) on my Twist #3. It had infinite vertical ability (12.25 x 3.75 prop) and ALSO hovered easily. No bigger wheels needed in either case.

I repeat: it's all about the fingers learning, talking to the eyes, back and forth, to get the bird to fly as you WILL it to fly.

In this relationship among the pilot, the bird, and the wind, there is a point in time when the FINGERS do the thinking. The MIND disappears, and you have this incredible RELATIONSHIP with the plane, indefinable, which feeds the passion of flying.

I wish that for all you Twist lovers for 2006.

Jack