Ken, remove the Lanier Explorer from you recomendation list. I've got one and it is a royal pain in the . ALL of the hardware had to be replaced. I had to cut the aileron control arms off and install servos in the wings, there was no bearings on the arms and they started flopping around after a few flights. The fuselage doublers were not glued to the fuselage sides. The fuel tank ruptured after just a few flights. After a mild crash, I had to replace bulkheads and the firewall, they were just held into place with the tabs, no glue and the tabs broke. Flys alwfull, still havent found the right incidence and engine thrust setup. Four popsicle sticks under the trailing edge and three washers behind the motor mounts at the top. Still pitches over and dives when you cut the throttle and heads straight up when goosing the engine while flying level at mid range. Had to increase the throw on the elevator and then finally increased the size of it to get low speed control at landing. The covering started falling off the fuselage. After the crash, I completely skined the fuselage, sanded it to wood and then spraying down with Revlon spray so I could get real covering to kind of stick to the wood. Oh yes, it is so top heavy that it flips over sideways on the runway when trying to turn, even at slow speed, and if a gust of side wind hits it on the runway, over it goes. The only reason I keep flying this is that I figure that if I can get it to the point of being a good flyer, every thing else should be a piece of cake.

Do the new comers a favor and remove it from the recomendation list.

Don Rogers