John,
As others have said the plane borrows heavily from the Battle Axe but that is not surprising. The Battle Axe, as kitted by Treneff RC, was designed by Chris Quinn. Chris and Wayne are good friends and exchange a lot of information. Wayne is also the designer of the Lanier Ripper and Slasher and also kitted a very nice 1/2A combat plane a couple of years ago. Wayne designed the Lanier SSC Warbirds - the Mustang and BF109. His planes fly very well.