Hi Marty,

Have no idea what the cost to ship one of the big ones to you would be, but you might inquire with Alex just to find out.

The little electric one I have is the Richmodel version. I had been flying it with an E-Flite Park 450 motor and it was quite sufficient to make it "moderately quick". Then I tried one of the Richmodel "Richmoto" R28C-1 motors with the same ESC and battery and the thing is an absolute bullet. For the money, those Richmotos are a LOT of bang for the buck.
The small Long-EZ does have some funky habits in flight and landing. At more than probably 30 degrees bank in a turn at anything less than say about 75% power it will "bob its' nose" around the turn. What is happening is that the canard is going through a repetitive stall/flight condition that causes the "bobbing". You need to land it with power on and at a speed that it won't "bob" or else if you are on the downside of the "bob" near the ground you'll probably wind up with a rough landing. Bending the stock nose gear wire forward after ANY landing is common procedure. It is rather maleable wire....and the plane is a tough little bird.

The larger 46 size one I have is the Fly-Models verison, the yellow one that I bought through Raidentech. Powered with a Supertigre GS45 ABC engine it is plenty fast and very smooth. Doesn't exhibit the "bobbing" situation in any flight attitude. Glides forever with the power off. Initially I had an OS 46AX engine installed, but it would run hot with the cowling in place. I'm rather fond of the Supertigres, and the GS45 with its extensive tall thin cooling fins on the cylinder head seemed like it would do better. Running 10% nitro through the ST it is very happy and does not overheat with the cowling in place.

Neither one of the models is very good on grass fields, unless the field is manacured to that like a putting green. Especially the little one. I've tried it with much larger wheels and even that didn't reduce the instances of a canard strike with the ground that will break the canard loose. After several repairs I just gave up on grass field flying altogether with either one of the Long-Ez's.

As for quality, that's kind of a toss up. I do prefer the covering material that the Fly-Models factory uses over the Richmodel. Both are very well constructed. If you are new to the Long-EZ's, I'd suggest the 46 sized one to try first.

Good Luck, hope that helped!

Rube