It's definitely been neutered... It's probably lacking a 1/3 the power from where it was with the Norvel. Maybe even worst then that, but if you want a relaxing/training wing it's not a bad setup. I'm sure you could do combat with it. It would probably be similar to the larger SSC wings you have as far as speed and action go, but flight times would not be very long unless I got a bigger battery. Here is a pict of the motor install. I consider this a down and dirty temp setup (cause I still want to do more 1/2a combat[>:]) so I just electrical tape a 900mah battery behind motor to the sticks. I think it would take all of about 10min to convert it back and forth....