I bought it last night, and the box says it will take an 800 ma NiCad pack - it will. I put an 8 X 600 pack in there & there is plenty of space. I have not tried balance yet, but the batteries are for the most part in front of the wing. I don't like it that the canopy has to be unscrewed to change the batteries. The fuse itself is bullet proof. Even in the worst crash, I don't think there would ever be damage to the fuse. The Boom is about the size of a small arrow with the push-rods inside. I want to come up with another system to hold the canopy on. Maybe a couple holes that rubber bands can pass through. The Aspire has a good canopy hold down system with a single rubber band.

I'm going to use a HiTec 555 withOUT case. I don't think one can get in a "standard" case receiver. Due to the curve of the fuse (it is basically circular at the leading edge) the speed control will stay on one side. I'm hoping the receiver will fit along side the batteries, if not I'll build a small deck to put the receiver OVER the servos. There is plenty of space behind the motor, but I would never mount a receiver between a set of batteries and a motor. Quick stops would do in the reciever.

It looks like the plane is overpowered with a 400, but I don't have experience with a 380 to know if that would work. The 380 is considerably smaller and maybe 1/2 the weight, though I had no way of weighing the motors at the LHS. Another option would be a planitary gear drive on the 400.

If one puts a large set of NMH batteries in there, it would fly for ever & ever. I think it is going to be very easy to run the plane out-of site. I am going to put some white or yellow pannels on the bottom of the wing so there is a high contrast to pick it out from the sky.

I'm having to set aside a new Ultra Stick 120 with OS 1.60 FX to work on this plane. It is small enough to fly on a regular softball field. I have to wait for a receiver.

Bill