So far I'm very pleased with the kit. It has been fun to build. Some kits seem to require four hands and special jigs or tools. This is as simple and straightforward as can be. 1960's building technology - right up my alley.

My goal is to keep it under 13 lbs, but that will be tough with 59 oz of engine and the added components of the smoke system and 8 oz of receiver batteries, 4 oz for the two added servos (smoke & dual aileron), etc. It adds up quick. I have resisted the urge to "beef up" any areas beyond the design. I have a bad habit of reenforcing frames and adding webs when I am building. One spot I did add two triangle-stock sections to was each side of the last "cabin" framework where it transitions to open framing in the spot rght below the rear of the cockpit. It just looked like a "hinge" point for really hard "plops". The added webbing on the outside as called for on the plans is, no doubt, adequate.

I'm also surprised the upper wing had the spars butt-joined with no solid cross-pieces of any kind. All other straight wings I have built up in the past have either full length spars or a flat plywood cross-over piece (the lower wing has a plywood brace with the dihedral incorporated). This design has continuous (one piece) 3/32" balsa sheeting top and bottom for the first three ribs on either side and nothing else but the cement on the innermost ribs laid together. I did not cut the 3/8" x 1" x 10" +/- rear crosspiece at the wing cut-out, so that will add some strength. I'll most likely slide a piece of ply behind each spar up to the second rib on each side. Probably plenty of strength with the cabanes spreading the load out away from the center section, but I just can't help myself. Maybe just a thin slice and fiberglass strips laid over the spars.