Hey INav - you still alive? As for the Rafale it a great plane! Getting ready to go fly mine right now. Build it exactly as Philip says and you will have a beautiful flying airplane. I recommend you add a rudder for the cross winds. My DF version did not have a rudder and with the Texas winds it got a little dicey with the very slow landing speeds. No way to control the drift without the rudder. My turbine one has a rudder and I have flown it with as much as 25 kt cross winds(a little dicey too but lots of fun). Gear doors sure help with the top end speed plus make it look a lot better. Easy to engineer and install if you do it yourself. Philip also has a gear door kit. Very slow nose high landings. It will sink right into the dirt without the classic stall. Have any questions about this kit just PM me. Good luck!