Great Planes Shoestring
10-10-2005, 09:28 PM
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Great Planes Shoestring
I have just purchased a GP Shoestring racer. I was curious if anyone out there has done likewise and has any building or flying experiences they may wish to share. I also purchased the plans that were in the Oct issue of MAN "Yellowjacket Shoestring" but do not have that much experience in scratch building so I am taking this route for now. Any info would be helpful.
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10-19-2005, 06:00 PM
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RE: Great Planes Shoestring
To the author's credit/discredit - I stumbled across the original posting of his thread - which was in the AMA discussions forum for some reason. I'm still not sure why the moderator moved it to here.
To answer the question - the GP Shoestring is a great flyer - I wouldn't call it a second plane - I have a Mag 91 4stroke in mine, it's fast - friend of mine has one with a Saito 100 and it's even faster. Plane is agile, and tracks very true. It's a plane that doesn't bleed off much speed on landing, so make sure your engine idles down good and low when you line up on final.
To answer the question - the GP Shoestring is a great flyer - I wouldn't call it a second plane - I have a Mag 91 4stroke in mine, it's fast - friend of mine has one with a Saito 100 and it's even faster. Plane is agile, and tracks very true. It's a plane that doesn't bleed off much speed on landing, so make sure your engine idles down good and low when you line up on final.
10-24-2005, 08:45 AM
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RE: Great Planes Shoestring
You may not want to now, but someday you may decide to try your hand at building. If you ever decide you want to build a "string", you may want to check out the Plans offered through RCM of the Old Carl Goldberg .40 size Shoestring Racer. It used to be offered as a kit, but that was a long time ago, and you would have a very tough time finding one I would bet. We have a guy at the field who actually found the kit not to long ago in some Hobby Shop somewhere, and he built it. It is a great looking Plane. The Great Planes 1/4 Scale Shoestring ARF one looks good to, but I sure would like to build that little 40 size Goldberg Shoestring!
10-24-2005, 09:03 AM
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RE: Great Planes Shoestring
Tim...It's been a few weeks since you posted, so hows it coming? Here's a pic of mine that I've had for about 4 years now. It's got a .60 FX and flies great. Adrenalinejunky isn't kidding about it not bleeding off much speed for landing. At first I thought it was nose heavy but moving the CG back didn't help, I've just gotten used to long approaches with fast landings.
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