Yeah, I have it set up with 4 channel. Several people, when I was building it, suggested setting it up with flaperons, but after flying it, I don't see the need. She'll fly slow enough as-is, that take-offs and landings are about as simple as it gets for an RC plane.
The tubing on the skewers is heat-shrink from an electronics store. I shrank it down over the ends of the skewers, and while it was still warm and pliable, bent it around to glue between the tops of the faux cylinders. Since I wasn't planning on keeping the power pod swappable, I liked the look of "plug wires" on the engine.
The wheels are from a Dynam Waco. The landing gear on Air Hooterville got bent pretty bad in a crash, and when I repaired the plane, I ordered a new set of landing gear. I'm running an Axi 2212/20 Goldline brushless motor that I got in a box of random parts from an estate sale ($20 for a BIG lot of parts - score!), and the plane itself is a speed-build kit that I picked up from a Hobbytown in Provo, Utah, while we were up there for my mother-in-law's surgery back in March. I like supporting local shops when I can, and grabbed the Simple Scout from the shop more on a whim than on any informed, planned buying decision. It's turned into a pretty good whim.
My coworker, who has never flown RC yet, is seriously considering building a Simple Scout as well, though he's leaning towards adding an FPV rig. I'm going to loan him my Realflight 7.5 in the meantime, so he can get some practice on RC basics.