In article , rich54
@rocketmail.com says...

That Rans looks like a piece of crap. Of all the acrobatic planes out
there to choose from, why anyone would choose that model for that
purpose is beyond me. Is it cheap? is that why it's popular?



http://www.rans.com/s9spec.html

Around 10 kUS$ for an airframe seems not overly expensif.
189 flying.

As to looks and colors...

Tom De Moor