What I can say about this plane is that - I made a WRONG purhase. This is not what I have expected from a Hangar 9. The Super Stick 40 is of a very low built quality. Reasons are as follows:

1. The wing incidence is not correct as per manufacturer fit. I have had difficulty in taking off this plane as it seems to hug to the ground. It will be lucky enough if the plane finally take off before you run out of the runaway.

How to correct the problem? When I purchased the Super Stick, I could say that I have very little experience in aerodynamic and theory of wing lift vs. thrust angle or angle of attack. But now after buiding and successfully fly my own design aeroplane and delta using a Coroplast material, I have gained some critical knowledge about it.

What you may need is either one of the following options:
a) You could set the wing to a + incidence ie. make the leading edge move a 2 - 3 degree up. You can simply put 2-3 screw washers at the front wing screw against the fuselage so as to increase the wing Angle of Attack.

AOA is one of the things that determines whether the wing is going up of going down. But REMEMBER, too much positive AOA can cause your plane to pitch up (nose up) as if it is tail heavy.

b) You can opt to put in some negative thrust to the engine. That means you are pointing/angle the tip of the engine towards the ground. Try put a 2-3 washer at the rear engine mounting screw so that the engine will point down towards the ground but again REMEMBER not to have so much down thrust, or it could make your plane pitching up too.

You have to try and experiment the above to get too your prefered flight character.

c) You may also try to droop the aeilerons (both of them) a few degree downward. BUT this is the most difficult to make it take off and I do not strongly recommend it.

2) The other reason I do not like the Super Stick is that the tail section is TOO fragile in such a way even you land it smoothly, it still break. I have to strengthen it several times as it broke several times.

My suggestion is DO NOT build it tail dragger. Use the front gear instead.

3) The plane is also hard to balance. It is nose heavy and I have to add in some weight at the tail section.

Flight character is not that bad. I can roll, loop, envert the plane as per my other plane, with the exception that it does not hover nicely. I believe this could mean a lot more trimming work to be done.

My final word is that, should you have a couple more bucks get a World Model Stick 40 and it is much easier to fly but it has a dihedral wing compared to Hangar 9 stick which is almost straight wing which is more prefered for aerobatic manuever.

HOWEVER, if you want a good cheap plane with so little headache and most importantly a 10 time more durable, then I would suggest you have a look at the S.P.A.D section of this forum. I used to have fun building a balsa plane but with the SPAD, I am wild with my dream plane. I can come out with a plane any design and try and fly it at will. Should it fail or crash, my only lost is time and could be a couple of propellar. The plane is durable and "bounce" back