I built one about 2yrs ago, still have it & it looks like new. I have had several motors on it & it flies well with all. I started out with an OS .40LA and for BASIC flying it was fine. Took off in 30 feet and flew great. I installed a OS .55AX & its ballistic. The kit is sraight foreward to build with no problems, good beginner plane. As a matter of fact, i used to teach model building a few years ago, and everyone in the class assembled their own kit plane. We would pick one type of model then all built the same plane together at the same time. This would have been an excellent candidate for that class....Cheap to buy, easy to build, and everything off of a trainer plane would work to fly it. Hope you get one and experience the fun of building and flying your own model....Gene