The BVM F100 is an awesome scale project. I have flown mine since Aug 2000. It lands very well and can land slow or fast without any problems. It handles high alpha very well and is very honest. I enjoy flying it as much as the Bandit if not more. There is a lot of engineering that went into this kit and it shows. I have 110 flights on mine and it keeps going like the Enegizer Bunny.

As far as the flight metal goes its no more or less difficult to see than anything else. I highly recommend it if you serious scale. We won with it as Scale Masters and Top Gun.