Desert Toad,

This plane builds nice and easy. But you'll want to check the glue joints. Most are putting a good bit of CA on the joints just to make sure. Most people have had the firewall come loose (including me) but it can't come off because of the design. So you'll want to epoxy it a bit also. I found the covering, especially the black, to be hard to work with. It can "ripple" on you if you're not careful. The 110 bolts right in. In fact the plane is designed around that engine. The cowl has the neatest fit of any airplane in this class. It bolts on like a quality 50cc or larger plane. You can't see any of the bolts and it doesn't have those unsightly wear marks or elongated holes. Pretty neat. The landing gear is aluminun and the plane is very tough. I pancaked mine pretty hard twice. The only damage was it spred the landing gear. Bent it back to shape and off we went again.

I estimate about 20 hours for me to build. Maybe 30. But I seem to be very slow at it. My Funtana and Showtime and Mayhem took about the same. My FUsion was the hardest to build in this class for me. UCD is the easiest. Also the UCD is one of the "funnest" planes to fly, but that's another thread.

Mine weighed 8lbs 12ozs when I was done. I did nothing special to keep it light...or to make it heavier for that matter. In comparison: Funtana 90 size: a whopping 9lbs 14ozs, UCD 7lbs 8ozs, Fusion: 7lbs 4ozs, Mayhem, 7lbs 6ozs, Ultra Stick Lite: 9lbs 0ozs.

Thanks
Barry