Thanks for the encouragement guys. This project is one I wanted to build for alot of years but really had no reason to. The 1/2 A scale event is fun in that just about everybody has an engine laying around and the investment is so low that it just increases the fun. I am not sure what to expect from the Ascender, but it is one cool looking plane. I hope I can keep it together long enough to fly it in a contest, maybe the Nats or FCM. I miss doing the contest thing and miss the guys involved.