i chose this plane for building practice mostly. retracts, flaps, another glassing project were things i wanted experience with. my interest in classic pattern planes came along afterwards. mostly by looking at everyone's projects here. although not a true pattern plane, the KK is still supposed to be fun to fly. and it looks great on tricycle retracts! i have ordered a blue angel plans, cores and canopy kit and a bridi xlt kit to really get into pattern planes.