I would recommend the Stix design. Heck that plane, well, the Sweet Stix 
anyway will do the novice pattern,no problem. Not that hard to build.
Few years back i flew a sweet stix cross-country, 85 miles total. K&B .40 up 
front. 8 oz. tank in the body and a second 8oz. tank rubber-baned to the fuel 
hatch just behind the motor. Nose heavy as h___ on take-off, but it got up. I 
always replaced the wire landing gear with Hallco type. 
TTYL.
 KB> mischievously and says either one.  I rather not invest a
 KB> lot of  time building (or repairing) it so an ARF is
 KB> slightly preferred.   
Home-built flies better. After a while, you won't be doing a lot of repair 
work. 
Regards, Dick
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