ps, they all do look alike, especially from above, but the flying qualities are vastly different. in my opinion, the cruisair is a bit sluggish on the ailerons, the viking feels heavy, especially in pitch, and the cruisemaster handles just like my rv8. my sample size is 3, so the margin of error is probably pretty large.
what do other people think? according to what other people have said here, my cruisemaster is pretty light. so i don't know about some others might fly. the guy who owns the viking also has an rv7, and he agrees with me. he says he would hate to fly the viking without electric trim (although i rarely use it when i fly it).
we had some real good pictures taken with a real camera, i'll try to figure out how to send them when i get them. they are large files. megs and megs.
bobg