This kit may well be one of the best values on the market. I don't consider poor quality at any price to be a value so I am reasonably difficult to please unless the quality is built in and I am very happy about this one. I would readily recommend this to any of my flying buddies. The plane is now ready to fly but, the wind is very gusty and not cooperating. I decided to use an OS 70 II and now have about four tanks of fuel through it and have achieved a very reliable idle already. I mounted the engine sideways, using a GP mount, to accomodate my glow starter and to make it easy to add fuel. I can live with the cylinder head poking out of the starboard side of the cowl. I did add triangle stock to the front two posts that provide the load carrying to the frame of the fuselage. Additionally, I filled in the area adjacent to the wing hold bown bolts to give the wing something to distrubute the load when you tighten the wing in place. I used a GP 10 oz fuel tank and it sits on foam resting on the original floor.

I did find that some of the metal hardware was soft and replaced the engine mount hold down bolts with some better stuff. I did have to add 4 oz to the tail section to make a 90 mm balance point. The wheel pants are not going to work on our grass field so they are still in the box.

I will let you know how the flight test turns out.

My next project is a SIG Sundancer 50, then my Dragon Lady and then ................

Howard