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	Quote: Originally Posted by flyinhi
	I too fly the Dietrich 260. It is my first gasser. (First gasser that took off and landed and took off again! True 1st one crashed due to not charging and then not checking battery levels ) DL50 on the nose. Very happy with the construction, trim scheme (wish I would have waited for the purple one) and flying characteristics of the plane. I receive a lot of complements on the plane about the covering, how well it flies and the power and starting ease of the DL engine. The hardware ain't the best that's for sure but it WILL work. Stay with the name brands, they have a reputation to up hold. And they know they will quickly end up with a bad rap if they sell a bad product. Look at all the bashing & praise on just this web site! No matter what plane, whose plane or what ever you will have issues. You will have covering wrinkles, so what.( Hell, we will all have covering wrinkles if we live long enough.) What counts is do you like the plane? Will the supplier be there for you? Do people report it flies well. And if you can't fix the minor issues ...then you may need a different hobby cause this hobby is FULL of minor issues! Everyone should build a few kits to learn how to build, how to repair and how to appreciate what it takes to get a plane together. Question: Can most (I did not say "all") of the people complaining about the covering, construction, design etc. do any better building from a kit? I'll tell ya right now I don't think so. Because if they could, they would have nothing but kit built planes themselves and there would be more kit planes available. Give me any ARF or kit or scrath built and I will find issues with it. It's so easy to knock someone else's work Ok, I'm done now. Phew.

Sweeeet and well put!!!!!!!