nemesis4u your rite about the take off speed but on the wing A-26 there is an errrr on the plans as far as the hight of the nose wheel. After I lenthend the nose wheel about 1" she took off much easier and landing where more of a touch down. I use about 2/3 of our airstrip to take off and about half to land. You'll like the flight carituristic of your bird after you get her together. Just follow one rule of thumb (before you take off do a virtical test of your engines) and you will never have an engine out during a climb out. Relyabilaty relyability relyability Also what twinman said B&D retracts are just fine for this model of course these are air up and air down so if you loose air you will have to belly in. I don't have these in my model but maybe next year it may have them.But I do have them in my TF Jug. Or I mite just build a new one and instal a set in it and use some Mag 52s that I have setting around.