hey Steve. I have been following your builds, you have been doing very good actually. here is what I see. for SSC, you are doing the axe knockoff, thats totaly fine, I do them for open B also, with coro wings. and alot of guys fly them for SSC. the trick in SSC is to keep your plane under 3 pounds but above the minimum of 2 1/2 pounds. so weight is crucial. the SSC planes are NOT hotrods. they will be slow and in the wind, difficult to fly. but whats cool is, in an event, everybodys plane is the same. so dont feel that your axe isnt good because it doesnt perform well. here is CA. we tend to fly alot of coro planes for SSC. the mig 3 has gotten alot of people into SSC here. I also do other SSC warbirds. they do fly well. just over 2 1/2 pounds. the problem is, they do take a little longer to build. a basic wing and stick fuse is the easiest to build, like the HOR. a good way to get guys into combat