Jon - It's not a floater, but actually very much like the full scale without flaps. I kept the speed up a little on final and used that speed during the flare to make sure the nose wheel didn't touch first (old habbit). It's a very nice flying airplane and as long as you're not looking at the bottom of the wing on final you're gonna like it. The Saito should fly it very well, the 52 two stroke is a lot of motor for this light weight plane - really does good high speed low passes though.