Hey guys....thanks for the many contributions and good advice....nothing beats the voice of experience and I certainly value the input.

I'm probably going to take a "wait and see" approach on the glow driver. Probably due to funding more that anything else. Although I certainly like the thought of having the extra insurance that at low idle (on approach) I'm not gonna get a dead stick.

Kmot,
I saw that video before I made my purchase.....I believe I would left the plane in the car and got out the kite on that day. ;o)

As for the build mods, I did replace the aluminum motor mounts with steel and changed out the mounting hardware with 6-32's. As for reinforcing the landing gear, what is recommended? Aluminum angles running fore and aft and thru bolted? I'm not familiar of pdansalvish's "tri-stock" reference.

k