I have to agree, I love my Maverick. 165 Ducted Fan flights, and now 118 Turbine flights after it's conversion. It was a great Jet to prep for turbines and now is a great warm up Jet before flying it's faster big brother Bandit's.

I put the leading edge droops on after a huge scare on it's third flight, and that seems to have cured the snap tendency. It had stock split flaps as a DF but I changed them over to larger Bandit style flaps when I converted it, just in case I needed more drag to overcome residual thrust from the turbine.

I have given it more than it's fair share of abuse over the years and I have to say it has held up extrememly well. Tough little Jet.

Maybe BVM wasn't happy with it but I sure am!!