maybe I should go ahead and put the plane together as my first gasser and just fly it and get experience from it and eventually buy a new one.I am trying to realize that first of all I am not an experienced 3D pilot except on electrics and thats a whole different thing.secondly it will likely hover and even if it takes more throttle so what I am just in a learning curve where gas is concerned.I dont need tons of power to do blenders harriers or rolling circles..so provided the 12 pounds allows me to perform crisp aerobatic manuvers I will enjoy every minute of flight.