Purchase Ziroli Ju-878 Stuka or ESM T-28 Trojan???
09-03-2013, 11:02 AM
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Purchase Ziroli Ju-878 Stuka or ESM T-28 Trojan???
Both of these planes are built and from the photos, they look great. I would say I am a strong intermediate flyer and looking for my first WWII warbird and I have heard the Stuka flies like a trainer. Both around the same price. Would love to hear any thoughts either way.
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09-03-2013, 01:39 PM
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I can tell you from 17 years of Ziroli Stuka experience, that it is indeed a trainer. It has no bad habits at all, and is one of the best flying designs that Nick has, this came from Nick himself. With no retracts to worry about, and a long fuselage and large rudder, the Stuka ground handles quite well. It does have flaps, but lands very easy without them deployed. With a siren onboard, its a blast to fly and you will without a doubt draw all kinds of attention. Without the siren, it can be quite boring as its a an extremely stable aircraft. Remember what this aircraft was designed to do, dive, scare the B-Jesus out of civilians, and with deadly accuracy drop bombs. It was never intended to do air to air combat, and the Supermarine Spitfire proved that. The dive brakes were very effective, but on the model theres very little affect, but they are a cool factor on the ground. My vote is for the Stuka. Bi-assed, not me........
09-05-2013, 05:02 AM
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I can tell you from 17 years of Ziroli Stuka experience, that it is indeed a trainer. It has no bad habits at all, and is one of the best flying designs that Nick has, this came from Nick himself. With no retracts to worry about, and a long fuselage and large rudder, the Stuka ground handles quite well. It does have flaps, but lands very easy without them deployed. With a siren onboard, its a blast to fly and you will without a doubt draw all kinds of attention. Without the siren, it can be quite boring as its a an extremely stable aircraft. Remember what this aircraft was designed to do, dive, scare the B-Jesus out of civilians, and with deadly accuracy drop bombs. It was never intended to do air to air combat, and the Supermarine Spitfire proved that. The dive brakes were very effective, but on the model theres very little affect, but they are a cool factor on the ground. My vote is for the Stuka. Bi-assed, not me........
