I set the plane up electric as per Value Hobby's recommendations (except I use a ESC w/out a BEC, so I have a separate radio battery), which turns out to be a very good combination. Plane is straight forward to construct, but the instructions were incomplete and did not match costruction at the tail end (elevator). The tail wheel is not pre-bent and the instructions leave a lot to the imagination, but not beyond what the average builder can handle. I had to use the Dremel tool on the electric motor mount and body edge as well as do some triming to make the cowl fit correctly. The covering was very smooth with no bubbles, which actually created a problem for me as I normally go over a whole ARF with a Monokote iron to get out wrinkles and make sure the coverin is well secured. Because there were no wrinkles, I forgot to go over it with the iron and did not notice that part of the covering was loose. This created a major vibration in flight and some control issues. I brought it down and still did not find anything wrong (without the wind of flight, the covering went back tight). On the second flight I could tell right after liftoff that the vibration persisted, which affected the lift on the left wing, so when I tried to turn for a landing approach, it fell out of the sky. Fortunately, it was fairly close to the ground, I was able to flair it and was caught by a cotton plant. There was some damage, but I was able to pretty well repair it in one weekend. Examining it after the crash found the covering problem. I cannot say I put the model through its paces because they were abbreviated due to the vibration problem, but I can say what little flying I did indicated that it will be a nice flying model and I look forward to getting it back in the air, sans the vibration problem next weekend. There were lots of positive comments from my fellow club members about the general looks of the model and the trim scheme. This is a great plane for the price, just inspect it carefully before putting it in the air.