FYI

Mosquitobite Planes sells two versions of the TriPacer, the heavy plywood version and an all balsa version.
The two are totally different designs and the balsa version costs more. They don't show the balsa version on
their web site, but will ackowledge it if you e-mail them.

My ratings of the kit using Daryl's categories:

Kit Instruction 4 - Well detailed and easy to follow. Plans are CAD drawings and are not that usefull.
Materials and Packaging - Materials - 1, Packaging 4
Ease of build and finish 2 - The laser cut parts go together well, but the design is poor at best. The wing leading edge is made up of multiple short pieces of balsa glued between the ribs
making sanding and shaping difficult. The number of parts is overkill and adds much uneeded weight. Getting any iron-on covering to stick well is difficult. Plastic cowl is useless.
Design and Appearance 4
General Flight Character 1 - flies like a brick
Performance Capabilities 1 - about all I can say is it got off the ground and back down in one piece.
Maintenance and Repair - no rating. It was donated to a local kid who wanted to get into RC. He donated it to the dry lake bed near railroad pass prop first.

I am guessing the balsa version is probably better, but will not invest in finding out.