and I hope it flys as good as it looks! It is a very sharp looking model and a steal at $120 with fiberglass cowl, pre-painted pilot (Vietnamese Burt Reynolds look-a-like), and wheel pants (although they are ABS and not fiberglass [:@]). I am running an Evo 46 which was scavenged off my Twist. I have found that the Evo 46 has equal power to the OS 46AX and is extremely reliable. I can fill it up for the first flight of the day and flick the prop once with my hand and it starts right up. I'm not looking for unlimited vertical and I don't expect it. I'm just hoping for scale like vertical. Hopefully, i'll get to maiden this weekend. The only thing I need to finish is to install the easy fuel valve as the fuel lines are buried underneath the cowl.

Lets see a pic!! I've been looking at those planes myself.

Here's a couple. It's in the Michael Goulian Castrol scheme. Excuse the messy work bench!

Careful not to crash it....it's not available anymore in that scheme due to copywrite issue's.
Mine flies great with a OS70 on it....isn't as sweet as some cap's but for the price it sure can't be beat

i have got one myself that i finished a few weeks ago, and now realised that they changed colour scheme, but unluckily last week, i came in for landing, somehow snap rolled it into the ground, so now ive ripped a bit of paint off my cowl, THANK GOD THATS ALL THAT HAPPENED!, lil paint and im back up and going.

Glad to hear it's only the cowl. You'd be screwed if more damage was done than that as the new color scheme is pretty ugly.

I maidened mine this weekend and I am really going to enjoy this plane. It seems as though the recommended CG of 3.26" behind the leading edge is too tail heavy and I had to add a little bit of weight under the gear. The Evo 46 swinging an 11X6 pulls it around great. It does not have unlimited vertical but still very good vertical. This is a fun plane for sure and I am really going to like it more than my Twist (now in the hands of another flyer at my field).

Don't get me wrong, the Twist was fun but nothing to write home about IMO. I am really more into scale aerobatics rather than 3d stuff which is probably why I feel the way I do about the Twist.

Yes definetly a better flying plane than the Twist....the Twist is fun with a Saito .82 on and 14x4 prop however

I have been flying mine for six months now, and love it with a os fs 70, just watch out for the landings, the gear bends real easy, lost count how many times i have straightened it out, maybe it's my arrivals that do it!!

I wonder if putting in some rubber wheels vs. the included foam wheels would help the landing gear issue as they would give more and not make touchdowns so harsh. I hate those foam wheels that WM includes in their kits.

Heavy you sure your plane balanced ok? Mine floats in and does real soft landings...I fly off asphault also...even the cheap wheel pants are still like new on mine..I'd double check the balance