Ya, the stock rudder on this thing is huge. I had a friend built this thing for me. He brought it out to the field one day. Most people thought this thing was a 60size. If you put this plane up against a Sig SE it makes the SE fuselage looks like a 20 size plane.

I don't use the manual for the low rates. Crank them up. I have been flying for 4 years, and have built (7) airplanes and flown over 20 differant type of airplanes. I thought if I went by the book I would be fine. Because I have never had a problem of not having enough throw. My instruction booklet stated "these alierons are small but don't let them fool you, set the throws w/ these rates for intinial flight." If it wasn't for that statement I would have cranked up the throws, but I listened to the book and it cost me an airplane. As I stated earlier I didn't have enough throw to correct the plane. I don't want somebody to loose this plane because of small but large technical problem like I did. Also check the CG. I had mine set by the instruction book. I read somewhere that the older kits had a wrong CG. I think mine was set at 4.25-4.5" back from leading edge. The web site states 3.75" I think the CG has been corrected. I bought my kit in fall of 2000, but I didn't start building it until fall of 2001. So go to GP website and make sure you have the correct CG.

I wish i could fly this plane. I would love to know how it flys. I will also wonder if it was a good flying plane or not.