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Look great...I'll be starting a build myself soon.

Yes, thank you. I now have the short kit for the Spook 96 . We have a winter build challenge starting for Vintage Old Timer airplanes...and ths will be my entry.

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The Sagitta 900 was my third sailplane, after flying an Airtronics Olympic 650 and a Midway Models Gnome 2M during the rather long build of the Sagitta. Beautiful sailplane, thermaled well, could come back home from a downwind run as well. You can get the short kits and plans for the 900/600 from various sources, and FG fuselages. There is a copy of the 900 by another company. Altezza (carolinacustomkits.com) Like many of the 900s, I lost mine after two seasosn due to the infamous pine block/carrier tube issue that holds the very short steel wing rod. Wings folded on the winch, despite the Lee Renaud/Al Doig "fix" that was recommeded and done during my 900 build. Modern kevlar thread and Carbon Fiber may offer a better "fix". I could never throw my 900 in the trash after all that work, so years later I restored it: Sagitta 900 - Return of the Living Dead - RC Groups The details of the fix described at post #42

Skybench Big Bird....I built one with an electric motor, with flaps...flies beautifully.

Joined after searchng for info on the Spook 96 Old Timer, which brought me here. Flying in Richmond Virginia. Been flying winch launched sailplanes since 1989, got into nitro glow with a Goldberg Eagle 2, Balsa USA Stik 40+ and a Telemaster 40. Recently got into electrics with Lipo...flying a Lanzo Bomber old timer and like the vintage aircraft.