I think you will find you will want to put a gyro on it... The mechanical one on the tail is not powerful enough... And it does not do well with fast forward flight. will nose up on you... I have learned to hate the engine that came with it and I converted mine. The small glo engine and clutch gave me nothing but trouble. I found it ran best on O'Donal's brand fuel... Good luck with it, but I would venture to say you will "lay with it" or a while then put it up and get out your larger birds.