I will have to attend at least one of those events, as a spectator that is. Our club (Propsnappers) is just starting to take the combat idea seriously and I will get my practice in with my fellow club members. My goal would be to compete in a larger event by summer 2004. I actually started last year with a global ME109 that screamed with a magnum 25. But it was very twitchy (maybe a little tail heavy and throws too aggressive) and made of balsa, sooooo my career ended very quickly last summer. This year I figured I would work smarter not harder so I am getting some JKA kits. This looks like it will be a fun summer ahead!