I have both the Seagull and the Pheonix Decathlon... The Seagull I found to be one "squirrly" plane when it comes to ground handling.. Being a mere mortal I put a gyro in it to tame it down... The Pheonix on the other hand seems pretty tame.. Never have
had much of a problem getting it off the ground... Once in the air both planes fly nice... I did replace the tail gear on both planes with a Sullivan unit... Both planes come with the same tail gear and the wire portion is way to soft... As for the main gear I don't know why anyone would want to replace them... Mine work great... Never any problem there...