Joe,

Thanks for the heads up. I'll go slow with the canopy. Of all aspects of model building, canopies are what I hate the most...by far. I wish mine was already done! I'm going over the model with a fine toothed comb. I still may add some glue around the formers. What did you use to secure yours?

Doug,

Mine is clearly a knock off...just simply looking at the paint job. It has a wood wing. I've heard some had foam wings. That's the part that concerns me...no way to go in and make sure all the parts are bonded well. Just on that alone, I am more tempted to put $300 worth of ducted fan stuff in it rather than $2500 worth of turbine in it. I'm sure it'll be fine, but I don't know if I'm ready to take that leap of faith. By the way, the instructions suck. They weren't even in the airplane box. They were in the shipping carton around the actual box. Go to the AMD site and download the manual there. That's what I did.

http://www.amdhobby.com/menu/red_hawk_manual_color.pdf

Xairflyer,

I know what you mean about it being a ducted fan! I guess once those guys are addicted to the sound and smell of Jet A, there's no turning back! I get paid to burn it at work so I get my fix there. Just by looking, I think the .91/Dynamax will fit. It will be a heavy plane, but as we've seen people have flown some heavy versions of this. I'm always big on keeping it light. A K&B 7.5 CC and a Macs pipe is supposed to put out around 7 lbs of thrust. That's what I've heard anyway. If the plane is kept at around 10 lbs, which may or may not be possible, It should go very well. I think the .91 version will weigh 2 lbs more. High wing loading, but will fly no problem in my estimation. I'm guessing a .65 or .77 would be ideal. I'm no expert.

Will