You will love this plane! It is built like a tank. Easy to put together. It flyies very fast if you want it to. It lands gracefully. I had the .65LA and it would scream! This plane is prone to prop strikes if you have a moderate hard landing. I had to settle for using a 12x6. I tried 13x6 to get a little more vertical but was constantly knocking the tips off of them. I always kept a bag of props.
I also put a Fults nose gear on the front because the stock gear isn't very strong. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXH129&P=ML