Thanks all. I'm looking to do mostly aerobatics with the plane. I'm not interested in 3D, at least not yet. I have spend a lot of time trying to get my trainer to maintain an inverted flight (a little under powered I'm affraid) and have messed around with knife edge and such in RealFlight. That is all in addition to the general loops, rolls, etc that one can do with a trainer.

A good point on the pull-pull for the elevator. While it may not be worth it, I will probably do it on the rudder just for the experience of setting it up. Good tip on tapering the surfaces. I'll probably do that.

I am thinking about separate elevator halves because I have read several reviews that say the connection tends to fail between the halves. I'll probably do it, but with traditional linkages rather than pull-pull.

I was thinking it would look funny as a tail dragger, I'll probably hold off the decision on that. It shouldn't be hard to convert anyway.

Thanks again everyone!

Jon