Last year's... Just yesterday I punched out all the parts for the new one - so my new flying buddy could SCRATCH build one!! I added some wood to the fuse sides last night - to move the main wing up one inch - just did the first fuse side doubler and waiting for the epoxy to cure. Also going to airfoil the tailfeathers. Guess this one will be an S300M (M for modified!!) There's also a full scale staud with fin/rudder more like the cap - which I'll be doing as well. My girlfriend asked me "will this fly better?" - I responded "hell if I know" - but that's the fun in this hobby!! I get 4 months to dream while I'm building it!!

Hey- I mastered the rolling circle in BOTH directions! About 150 crashes and maybe 10 hours of simulator time - WITH wind and gusts to 10MPH. Also been practicing hovering. With NO wind, it's a snap - soon as you add 2 MPH it becomes a WHOLE different ball game. Most amazing thing of all, everything I've learned on the sim tranlates directly to the real airplane. I've tweaked the airplane in the sim to fly as much like the staud as possible. Funny thing is, I can't get the blender to flatten out!