Anyone with half a brain in their head can figure out how to build a SPAD from the directions on the website. I started with an Avistar, and after crashing that, I went to SPADs. First SPAD I built flew fine. The subsequent SPADs I built with the folded wings flew great as well, while the flat airfoils didn't fly as well. SPADs got me through the worst of my learning (a crash every 10-20 flights or so back then), and I have since switched back over to balsa/plywood planes. Here's a photo of one of my nicest flying SPADs, a little hand-launched, belly landed plane based on the Derelict plans. I had an OS .32 SX and an OS .40 LA in it at various times, and it was a screamer! It went about 60mph with the .32 in it. Flew nicely at slow speeds as well, floated in for dead-stick belly landings very nicely.