I was just a young kid in the 80's (I'm only 32 now), so the only MAN article I actually saw firsthand was the re-issue in 89. I guess basically, I was looking at it from the angle that ballistic pattern planes could be a "new" form of pattern competition, and contemporary designs could be brought up for it from the ground up - like this one has been. I also wanted it to be insanely long like the real jet looks... which might hamper the snap ability, but I'm probably going to mostly fly it "blue angels" style with big smooth maneuvers.