Hi Bhouck,

I've built 3 Hangar nines, haven't been disappointed with any of them. My favorite is the Ultrastick 40. Goes together easy, handles great, Everything is built straight. All for the modest price of 120$ Not much more than one built from a kit, and better than i would have built. Best of all its done in two evenings, not two months.

I highly recomend using RCuniverse to research a plane, it can save you a lot of time. For example, for the Ultra stick 40. You read that the firewall and first former can come loose with a little vibration. So you pick up a 25 cent stick of triangle balsa when you pick up your kit, spend 15 minutes glueing it in and guess what? The "piece of crap" someone was *****ing about is magically transformed into a nearly perfect plane.

Everyone has pet peeves and preferences when it comes to outfitting a plane. Mine is tail wheels. I hate the ones supplied with most ARFs and kits, so i buy Dubro tails. Have two of them in a box on my workbench for planes i haven't even ordered yet. but guess what?! most of the guys at my club are using stock wheels and are happy with them. Imbeciles! all of them!

Yea it is tough sometimes to sort thru all the different opinions folks have, but if you ask me 80% of the enjoyment you get from this sport is doing just that. Just started a thread about a kit i am working on now. Learned a lot, built a fun plane, and interacted with some very cool folks. Just doesn't get much better than that.

Enjoy and, welcome back to the greatest sport in the universe.

Shmo