A friend of mine getting back in after 20 years built his TM kit so strong, it's unnatural. He wanted to make sure he could still fly, but his old habits never died. He took out the dihedral, and reinforced so much of the airframe. It now has a Saito 100 in it, and he routinley performs 3D manouvers with it. Yes, I said 3D. Last year, the servo arm snapped off the throttle servo, and the engine went to full power. He suddenly began to regret that 24 ounce fuel tank as he performed flat spins and vertical climbing moves for about 30 minutes to burn off the fuel. Yet, on low rates, it's still a trainer.
I guess its an abomination right?
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Bob
ORIGINAL: Ed Cregger
Why would you want to get rid of the dihedral? Are you planning on flying Masters Class Pattern with this model?
Some dihedral is your friend. This model isn't going to do decent knife-edge or point rolls regardless of how much dihedral it doesn't have, but dihedral makes for nice, smooth, straight ahead landings. Rudder to roll coupling can be your friend, especially when performing airborne tasks other than aerobatics.
I like your other mods suggestions.