Sniggemann Please go back and take the plastic hindges out otherwise you will wish you did after the second or third flight. After quite a few flights they will develope quite a bit of slop and believe me you wont like it at all. No I did not put flaps on mine with how she handles I don't think you will need them but thats up to you. I also forgot to tell you I also aquired a second Ryan this one I built for a friend and now he's too old to fly it properly so I bought it with a fox 74. I still have to do a little mod to it for my taste. But it still helps out my plane harram is growing. For my list there is the 2 Ryans 1 B-25 (Wing MFG),A-26-B,Miss Vintage,P-47, Corsair, Jap Zero, 2 P-40s, 2 B-17s,Stagger Bee Bipe, Tower Voyager converted to a twinn,P-38,P-51, J 3 Cub,PDQ, and a Sophwith PUP. I guess thats my list for now but I have a few other bird on my want list but these bird will be scratch built.