I used everything in the box except the motor mount.I never liked those kinda mounts that sandwich the engine.Other than that It's built completely stock with what they sent with no problems. The clevices and all that stuff got used.
Positives:
Nice flyer,Gets a lot of looks.It's a beauty.Fairly fast with a 70 4S.No speed demon tho'.
Negs: The covering don't like the sun at all. It'll bubble real bad if it sits in the sun very long.The plane is a bit heavy but that's ok as long as it flies well.The wings aren't as tite as they used to be although the screws are tite,theres still a little movement of the wings.Other than that it's certainly worth the 169.

I also didn't use the wheel pants.I've learned in the past that wheel pants love the bottom of wings.It would certainly look nicer but I'm afraid to take a chance as the covering can't be matched if something happens.This has happened on other planes so I just stay away from them.I have wondered whether to try them for one reason...The other planes that I've tried the pants on had wire Landing gear and did a lot of flexing on landing allowing the pants to flex back and hit the wing.On the other hand a plane with rigid l/g does not allow the pant's to flex much which lessens the chance of the pants putting a hole in the bottom of thw wing.Does that make sense to yall?? Just wondering.

I think it's a nice plane.Not the greatest ARF but for 169,it's not bad at all and if they had another style of plane that I like,I'd probably buy another.

Happy flying....Walt