Yeah, I talked to him and he said the newer version is covered in monokote. I had a boo boo with mine and it uncovered a structural weak point. As you know the main gear is two piece. Well, I had a deadstick just after take off and no time to turn back on the runway so I made what I thought was a good landing in the weeds. When I got up to the plane I saw that the gear was collapsed and split the plywood in half all the way to the firewall. If you take piece of aluminum barstock and bolt it across the bottom of the gear it should strengthen it up and also a good bead of epoxy along all the seams up front wouldn't hurt either.