gaRCfield, again just glad to help and to see another fellow flyer enjoy the sport!
One other tid-bit...The Seagull has a "track record" so to speak and has a good overall record in general. The planes construction is of good material with things like the spars, fillets, and doublers all done the right way to add strength to the important areas while keeping weight to a minimum. One of the most important areas of all these new planes coming out of china or the far east is the glue that the plant uses. I have seen what was left of planes after a mild crash where all the joints just popped apart cuz they were put together with what amounts to a lousy hot-glue gun job. Your 260 will be just fine.
I do want you to read my thread on the "Building the new Hangar 9 Sukhoi SU26MM" in the "Giant Scale" area of the forums. Here's the link:
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7846501/tm.htm]Sukhoi SU26MM[/link]
If you look at this forum and kinda pick up on what I'm trying to say, you'll see that there is much more to building a good plane then just cruzin through the instruction manual. Check it out and hopefully it will help you. You can also check out my thread on my build of my Dietrich Performance Extra 260 50cc/DA-50R. Here is the link:
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7227704/anchors_7227704/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#7227704]DPA Extra 260 50cc[/link]
Good Luck and have Fun!