Yeah, I've heard you were getting some. I'm looking forward to it, though it's too bad it won't be much of a fair shot for the plane .

Seriously though, I'm really curious about the wing airfoil and planform chosen. I know the latest generation of SSC Avengers used a very thin airfoil, and it flew very very well. But that same wing on an B ship would be dead meat, it doesn't have enough meat to take a mid-air at B class speeds.

I haven't flown any Limited B yet, so I can't speak to the mid-air damage in that class. (though my Mongoose was designed around Limited B rules, so it's legal, even though I've not flown it that way. It should be ok, but only time will tell for sure).

Also, as I understand it, the Avengers are going back to wood/G10 fuse laminate? Those are nice, but they seem prone to breaking if hit wrong. Of course, nothing is perfect, but I wonder if a fuse could be light enough for SSC but still tough enough for B class. I have my doubts.

Not saying it's not possible. If anyone can engineer it, AJ can, I have tons of respect for his designs.

But personally, I long ago decided to design a plane for the class it's flying in, and I've gotten pretty good results that way

And some time this season I should have the MkII Mongoose fuse flying. I'm looking in to getting them CNC cut for me, and we've made a few minor changes that should help.

I'm also thinking of building some new SSC wings. My old ones are getting pretty beat up. A new wing gains about 3-5mph in level flight due to not having all the wrinkles, dents, deformations and other crud that these wings develop. Some of my active SSC wings are now about to start their 3rd season, and they have the repairs and battle scars to show for it. I'll run the slower wings around here and fly the new, faster wings at Nats, I think.