Thanks all for the feedback. I'm going to try and do a great job (I have to work on my craftsmanship) on the repair of the vertical fin. I'll also file the strut for the nose gear. I'm surprised the Kadet has held up as well as it has and still flies great.

I could see the transition to a tail dragger as being very interesting. Mounting the main gear I guess a bit farther forward would be easy enough. I would have to research how to put a steerable tail wheel on I'll do a seach on the forums to see if there is a thread on that.

My next projects are all tail draggers, The Sig 4* on the building board and a GP Super Sportster ARF in the box. Had both since the beginning of the year but I want to get every ounce of skill developed from the Kadet first.

Thanks!
Jim