I had looked at the PTS mustang, and for the most part it does look like a nice plane. I did not notice it has dx6i, I figured it was dx5e, that makes the $399 price a little easier to swallow compared to the $299 alpha. And the dx6i would make it easier to switch between this and my PZ sukhoi, without having to rebind everytime. And if I take off the removable droops and increase the throws it will probably fly more or less like a sportster or pulse (right? I am just speculating here, you guys know more about this than i do). And I can leave the droops on to make it fly like a trainer until I get practiced up again (havnt flown a glow plane since the alpha crashed last summer). And its RTF, so I don't have to do much building. I was looking at the manuals for the pulse and super sportster, and those require more building than I had expected.

The thing is, I was planning to get a nice 60 size mustang either next summer or in a few years, with retracts and flaps and a big 60 engine, when I am out of college and (hopefully) have money. This mustang appears to have flaps from the pictures, but no retracts. Who makes a mustang without retracts? It will look so unrealistic while flying. Actually, i was just looking at the pictures, and in the one where they show the transmitter and instructional dvd in the foreground, i think maybe i can see a wheel well on the bottom of the wing. Does this mean retracts could be added easily, given that it includes a 6 channel radio? Can anyone who owns one or has seen one up close confirm this? Note that Im looking at the MkII version that tubamike linked to. I could use servos from my crashed alpha as retract servos (right?). Also can anyone confirm that it has flaps? Appears to in the pictures, but don't see it mentioned anywhere in the description.

Even if there is no option to add retracts in the future, this does actually look like a rather good fit for me, given that its like a trainer that can be converted into a sport plane. I was beginning to think that if it turned out that I couldnt use my crashed alpha's engine, it was going to cost $400 or close to it to get a pulse or super sportster flying, and thats with a cheap dx5e radio, this has dx6i. If I can stomach $400, this really does look good, though I really didnt want to spend more than $300 at the most.

Wow I have went through a lot of planes in the last few days. Started out looking at an alpha or apprentice, then sport planes, now this lol. Thoughts?