eek, was the person at the shop also a specialist in selling snow to eskimos!

Maybe use the gear in another plane.... Well sorry to be negative, but these planes have a bad reputation. it was one of the 1st EPP planes and has been superceded since it was launched. If you like epp and want to fly from the flat, have a look at the eppi -soar from phoenix model products.......... To my mind this a sloper and not really suitable for thermal soaring from a bungee.