My brother had a GP Big Stik 40 as his second plane. It flew great, and it was a tough bird. He probably moved to a 'second plane' too early and the GP Stik handled the abuse very well. He flew it for several years and lost it when the elevator clevis broke. He replaced it with an Ultra Stick 40 because he thought he had to have "crow" capability. He got bored with "crow" and never liked the H9 plane as well as the GP. He also felt that the Ultra Stick was pretty fragile compared to the Big Stik (landing gear mount and something else broke).