maineflyer, in between the time that I ordered my plane and when it got here, EastRC changed their website to reflect that the CF upgrades were no longer part of the deal. I called them and was told that they just found out that their last shipment didn't include the CF upgrades. To their credit they offered to send a return tag so I could send the plane back. I waited until the plane came so I could take a look at it. It looks fine so I called them back and they agreed to send me a 3000mah battery and I'll keep the plane. I got rid of my H9 EDGE / Saito 1.80 and ordered an OS 1.60FX for this plane. It should fly the skin off of it! The ARF weighs just under 6 LBS. How heavy was the Magic Hand ARF?

Sounds like you have your winter planned. I'll keep you posted on this project.

ifuller, the plane looks really lightly built at first look. a little scary in fact. we'll see if it holds together!! I haven't started work on it yet so I don't know much other than that it is a no frills arf.