A friend of mine that has flownfor 20 + years, including TURBINE JETS owned two Gee Bees. The first one, a 1/4 scale lasted 5 flights. All but 1 landing resulted in some sort of damage to the plane. 2nd one, an Adrian Page, lasted 3 minutes in it's first flight. This guy loves Gee Bees, so I know he will rebuild the second one. 4th plane? Man, you are probably walking the road to heart break and dissapointment.

I've been flying for 3+ years now, have 13 or 14 planes. I have burned 10 + gallons of fuel every summer for those 3 years. This equals a lot of stick time. This summer was the first time on the sticks of a Byron's CAP 21 (a trainer compared to a Gee BEE). Makes me poo my drawers everytime I fly it.

My advice? Build it, and hang her up. When you get to the point in this hobby where you are actually BORED with flying, that's the time to take the Gee Bee up. Good luck!