I am currently building the plane and am in a quandry about motors. BTW, the only die smashing I had was on one of the plywood panels. The rest were good. The burn marks on some of the balsa die cuts mean GP does not seem to be 1)making their dies well, or 2) not maintaining them well (or they are laser cutting and not doing that well either).

I have researched a lot and found that the least expensive way to get power is probably the EndoPlasma w/reduction drive. Any one used that in another model?

Have been curious about brushless for a while, but, am nervous about that much money in the motor/controller/gears.

Have still not decided but the pocketbook will probably drive me to the Kyosho setup.