OK, Mike; thanks for assisting an old man who is relatively new to our hobby.

I have just finished poly glueing the fuselage sandwich. It is currently snuggled under three 94lb bags of concrete for the next day or so.

Also, thanks for the landing gear tip. I do fly from grass, and will rake the landing gear forward as you suggest.

The information I can find on the Saito 100 leaves me to believe that I'll just use the YS-110. Your "maybe" makes me quess that the only difference is half dozen or so ounces of saved weight... not a big deal. I'll just do any tuneing of the YS-110 on a test stand.

But in the next week or so, I'll do some research on two cycle engines to see if I'd be happier with one of them hanging from the pointy end of my 10-300. Besides, I need an excuse to try out a glow two cycle engine; and I need to learn about tuned pipes also! Maybe I can combine the subjects!

It is my dream that a well assembled foam fuselage will be more durable than the one of the Fusion90 ARF. I should have kept my question to myself, and just "gotten on with it". After all while this hobby is my job, and "it is a hobby"! But then again, I'd have missed out on the landing gear tip!

Fly safe, Glover


PS To those of you who believe that ARF's should last only 200 flights, check with places like OMP and see if they will be willing to put such a statement on any airframe they sell. Then let me know if any of them say "YES".