My Phoenix 190 build was straightforward although the wings really had to be worked into the fuse for a gap free fit. Flying characteristics are very stable but you need to keep the speed up on landing with full flaps to prevent stall. I am running mine on 10s eflite 160 swinging a 20” prop. So it does carry extra weight adding to flight stability. The thing I like the most with 190’s are the unique long struts. Seeing those long legs come down on final is just so cool. The drawback with the long struts is your landings need to be flown in and smooth or else risk damage. The original struts included are woefully out of scale. I went with eflite 90 units with electric retracts. In order to keep the struts scale I did not trim the eflites at all and dropped right in. I did reinforce the retract mounts with 2 layers of fiberglass and after approx 12 flights have no problems. With the mods am very happy with my 190.

I have about 30 flights on her now .I love this plane .Powered with a dle 20ra it performs very nice scale flight . I didn’t use the supplied retracts and opted to use 85 degree eflite . I had to reinforce the gear mounts so I suggest doing that as you assemble. The only complaints are the ugly green pilot ! The latch on the hatch is kind of weak I had one hatch blow off in flight never to be found and ordered another from Tower for $25. So I added some magnets and haven’t had any problems yet. The Phoenix fw190 is easy to assemble ,easy to fly and as long as you keep your airspeed up easy to land .It would be nice if they offered electric retract like the zero

I am pleasantly surprised of how good this model flies. Fast and stable with no bad characteristics. I have a Saito 150 in mine and it flies like a war bird with lots of authority. Just make sure to re-glue the joints all inside the fuselage as sometimes not much glue is used in the factory.

Super nice bird and seems to built very well. for the price this one is hard to beat!