Actually, I don't have to do a comparison, because this airplane actually grew out of 5 years of just such experiments, and well over 300 wings, and until this airplane, using 4mm for a .25 sized airplane was too heavy. To close the wing would bump the weight up another 3-5 (or maybe even a little more in sandwiched ailerons and glue) ounces and destroy the airplanes wingloading...yes it would fly, because we've done it, but with nowhere near the performance.

I'll have to agree, on the equipment, and it's taken me years to get over the phobia...but let me put it into perspective...in the last 5 years I've built and flown over 300 airplanes, and currently own 20 flight packs. In the last 5 years, I've lost only ONE Rx and it was due to a mid-air, and have lost only two standard servos. In other words, the equipment has never failed because of it's envoronment, and believe me, I put it through hell. In comparison, years ago I had a Falcon 56...I was learning how to tear up the sky and flew it hard...and the spar broke. The lawn dart landed in the parking lot, and NOTHING inside the airplane survived...including the engine...all reduced to garbage. The ONLY thing left from that crash was an aileron servo with no lead. I guess it's all relative...because that one crash ruined more equipment...than the rest of my R/C carreer put together.