Waldo, you really have to see someone good fly the OMP Katana V2 .46. I fly it with an OS .50SX. I didn't like it for the first 15 flights or so, then it began to demand my time--and teach me. Now I'm teaching IT. I've mistreated it (since Jan. 17, 2006) more than my Twists (and I've bought THREE Twists since that time). I don't wish to touch your love of the Twist. I still love mine, have two flyable, but that Katana gets more flight time now. I reckon I have about 60+ flight hours on it, giving it a 4 cent/minute cost--and it's still going.

When I put the Kat in, I'll buy another. Consider the Goldberg 330 Edge--unless you REALLY want a bigger plane.

Oh, I forgot Down's Sig Kadet. The last time I saw it we were doing an autopsy on it at Ewert's field. The RX bat soured; Down lost control; the Kadet (meant to be Down's camera platform, built of the finest of everything) augured in at 90+ mph, straight down. The wings came off before it hit--and I saw the number of sticks it made, Waldo. Wow. The cause was a bad NiMH battery, a crossed wire somewhere--Down discovered later, a pinhole burned in the covering.

J