I'll give you my impression of the Eclipse from CA..and this is a situation that happened to me, so take it for what its worth. I had a really nice flying Eclipse a couple of years ago. Plane flew really well and was really happy with how it looked. About 3 weeks before the NATS I was flying the plane and the canopy came off and struck the horizontal stab and cracked it pretty badly. Fixable, but still wanted to replace it, so I called CA and talked to them. I was informed that they didnt have spare parts for the plane, and that I would have to buy a new fuse to replace the canopy. I asked how in the world you can sell something and not have spare parts (afterall the canopy is a separate mold), he said unless they had a damaged fuse there, it would be impossible, to which I replied, I've seen your glass work, I'm sure you have some...this didnt make the gentleman happy as you can imagine, so we said our goodbyes, and I fixed my canopy as well as could be expected in 3 weeks..it was OK, but certainly not what it looked like previously. I went on to make the finals at the NATS in Masters and was approached by Marcelo Columbo the designer and we talked about the canopy, and he proceeded to ask me why I hadnt called to get a replacement, I told him I did, and told him the story, and then he said, no, we can take care of that...I asked why his distributor had said that, and he couldnt give me an answer..I told him no thanks and that I'd never deal with CA again. I know several people who ordered Genesis kits that had questionable glasswork. Honestly, I wouldnt touch a CA plane, but thats just my opinion. There are many other great designs to be had...the Focus II is a great plane, for a great price. Mike Hesters Black Magic series is amazing and its a kit, all of the Oxai stuff is wonderful, and there are many many more.

Just my .02

Arch Stafford