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Anyone have any experience with the Estes Astro Blaster?

I was thinking about getting either this one or the Sig Ninja.

The Astro Blaster sounds really intriguing because it is a canard and
can fly rocket boost, slope, or you can use a dummy rocket motor and 
plug in a .049.  This would work out great for me since I can fly it on
the slope when I'm at school (Torrey Pines site), fly it under power
at a schoolyard when I'm home for the holidays, and fly it rocket boost 
when I want to show off to my friends.

My concerns are that 
1> I don't know how well it will fly on the slope.  For that matter, I don't
know how well it will fly period.  (I already read the Dec `92 MAN review,
but they never mentioned anything about slope performance or much about glide 
characteristics)

2> The elevator/aileron canard configuration prevents stall maneuvers (i.e.
snap rolls and tumbles)

3> the .049 pusher configuration means you can't use a clunk tank (the
clunk will be facing the wrong way) and the QRC/Texaco/Black Widow
engines won't go inverted which, combined with #2, means you can't do many
good stunts under power.

Anyone have any comments on this plane or how to solve #3?

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