If you are wondering if this plane is a wonderful flyer its' actually better than that. It phenomenal! It tracks like its on invisble rails. I went hands off and it stayed sideways for ages. Landings are a breeze and its faster than it looks. Snap rolls are crisp and precise but not too fast. The recommended throws for the control surfaces are spot on. The composite landing gear is super strong and light but I did reinforce it with carbon fiber. There are some low marks however. The hardware for the landing gear and wheels is very poor. You are better off with dubro foam tires or even rubber ones. The wheel hubs are not good for grass or asphat landngs due to the bolts and nuts coming loose on landing and take off. The tail wheel hardware isn't great either. The tail wheel is too thin and does not have enough contact for adequate groud handling. You will need a wider foam or rubber tail wheel. This plane is much lighter than it looks and bult with quality and precision.
The biggest miss is the supplied motor mount /fire wall. The plywood supplied is weak and will compresses very easily. Don't bother reinforcing it. You are better off making a carbon fiber mount mount/ firewall. I would know since my motor mount failed in midflight and the propeller cut into the fuselage. Damagaing the plane. I fixed it and it looks liie new now. I also made my own carbon fiber motor mount from scratch. This a great airframe but the hardware supplied can betray an otherwise spectacular F3A model. I would highly recommmend following the CG to the letter. Make sure all your glue joints for the motor mount firewall are sealed and complete. I power my bird with a Rim fire 80 and a 6s lipo battery. Slow flight is just as stable. It just floats along but when it finally does stall its rather predictable and eager to keep flying. If you are an expereinced builder and flyer I think it's defintley worth the money. It's beautiful!!