I fly from grass which is cut close, about 1 inch hi most of the time. Biggest concern I found is that without rudder control be ready for immeadiate correction after lift-off as aileron is the only thing availble to steer with. Practice keeping it straigth as you can on the runway before takeoff. Been on vacaton last week so haven't gotten any flying in. The 61 will work but I'd stay with the lighter 46 class engines. You dont want any more added weight than you need to put in, lighter always flys better. Mine has a OS 46 FX and its more than enough. After tinkering with front strut length some mine is using a normal amount of runway now. I can get it slowed down really well and it lands light as a feather, sometimes it floats past my intended touchdown spot. I'm going to play with the throws next and see what happens. I have looped, rolled, and tried inverted flight and its the same as any other model. Elevator is a litle sluggish but that may be the amount of expo, so I'm taking some out. Nice thing about Computer radios is I can have 2 sets of parameters with the dual rate switch to play with and then keep the one I like.

Sirex, I like the scoops, I made some from the package that a Goldberg spinner came in. Its light and I sprayed the inside with white paint and gluded it on the cowl side, hope it works as I havent got to test it yet. All my flying has been with out the cowl. Has anyone else gotten a flight in yet? Anxious to hear what others are experiencing with trim changes at various throttle settings. And those dang vertical fins out on the wings!!!!!!! Knocked mine off 3 times already, just not used to anything being out there I guess.

Pete