Thanks for all the suggestions it WAS appreciated.

I stopped off at the LHS on my way home from work the other day (Tuesday). I figured I'd just stop to look and compare ... I had Goldberg's Wildstick, H9's Ultra Stick and H9's Pulse XT along with and a couple of others pulled out and scattered on the floor and shelves. I must've stood there for 30 minutes, looking and comparing, before the Ultra Stick leaped into my hands and drug me off to the cash register ...

I just couldn't get past the color scheme of the Wildstick and the Pulse was just too "pretty" and it didn't have the versatility of the sticks with the four servo wings and the large control surfaces. I'll let you know how the build progresses. So far the wing's together and the servos are mounted. I'm hoping to get some time to work on it, and hopefully finish it, by this weekend ... but with Christmas decorations to put up and shopping to do, I'm not holding my breadth.