You may or may not want to add this one as the 3rd and final entry for this one... Your choice!

1. Use collets on both sides of the wheels.

2. Paint after all gluing is done (last?) even though masking all the struts is hard work.

3. If you run short of "string", you can purchase more. This type seems to match well: 150# test, 12-strand+ braid, black fishing line. Or include a couple more yards in the kit?

4. 1/4' O.D., 1/8" I.D. black latex tubing can make a great finishing touch, glued to the cockpit openings. Nice and smooth black as opposed to the jagged-finish of the opening.

5. The tail dragger strut can be reinforced with wooden skewers inside the board before gluing the wooden "foot" in place. A ground loop can break the foam at the interface with the "fuse", (foam board part is fragile to shear-stress from side "loop" impact).

6. If you get a warp in the wing, all is not lost. I had one and I corrected it by using 2 wooden paint stirers, pinched on the trailing edge, last 2.5", of the main wing NOT touching the ailerons, and making a very slight "pseudo-flap" adjustment, up one side and down the other. Trim adjustment requirements will indicate what may be needed. The paint stirers put a nice straight seam/indent so it didn't look too shabby.

7. NOW GO FLY! IT'S A BLAST!!!

This plane is FASCINATING! I have never seen a larger fixed-wing aircraft be able to fly controlably, this slow! It is awesome! Can't say enough good about it. Flight times are about 8 minutes on a 3s 3200 battery flown conservatively. High throttle changes the airspeed very little so 60% throttle seems to do what is needed. 8mph headwinds yield landings in about 4', yeah, almost a hover landing.

One change I would make, put an additional collet on the inside of each wheel since weight is NOT an issue here. My port wheel managed to get around the 45-bend (I added a drop of 3-1 oil to the axle for quietness which helped it get around, my bad) and up the axle, dropping the plane on it's scimitar wooden prop. :(

Next change, that is entirely my doing, is paint it last. I had to scratch the paint off where ever I had to glue. I just really wanted red wings and thought masking would be a hassle. I'll deal with the paint-last-hassle next time. And yes I will get another kit and do this again!

The build has been most enjoyable! Pay close attention to the cowling to mid-fuse bonding instructions as there can be fitting challenges there. My only failed-challenge was a mistake I made in freeing the ailerons, where one cut-thru. Be careful there. One additional thing I did was, I didn't care for the rough finish of the cockpits' opening. So, I bought 3' of 1/4" OD x 1/8" ID, black rubber (latex) tubing, split it open and framed each opening using hot-glue to hold it. After I fly this one for a while, I'll probably buy another and build again with the experience I have gained from this first time.