this is my opinion and also I am biased. but if you want a bad boy that can land in some good cross wind you build an rv7. If you want a slow airplane to have a bunch of back country fun you build a kitfox. there you have it. I have 1300 hrs in the rv7 and about 2000 in the kitfox. no way I would do an rv12, my choice is the kitfox.