Minnflyer - you killer!! :P I've seen more guys try to take more trees down with planes than anything in my life.

Glad to see the thread take a good turn myself, there's enough negative in the world today. If you do fly a spad, trainer or otherwize - dont keep it a secret we love hearing about it.

If you get a balsa trainer check the following and I'm sure someone can add more:

1. The firewall. (Sometimes the manufacturers dont put enough glue on it.)
2. Check the cut of the flying surfaces. The first trainer I ever bought (ARTF) for someone else had the horozontal stab cut improperly, so they sent me a new plane, no questions asked. (Hangar 9 Cessna)
3. Fuel proof the interior as instructed
4. Have an instructor check it out before you even fly it.

Good Luck.

If anyone wants to add anything, thats great to help him out...knowledge is power....

P.S. On a spad, you just slice a flute, and the hinging is done and lasts forever