Here's a couple of shots of mine with a Ryobi 22.5 on it. One photo shows the 1 3/4" I shortened the nose. This allows everything to be located in the stock postion without any extra weight needed to balance. It's not really a 3D plane, but it's still VERY fun to fly, and yes it does BLAST out of a hover. Hitec 605s on the flight surfaces, a 425 on throttle. This one is getting close to being 2 years old and not a single problem yet.