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Let me "splain it to ya" Nitromodels is the full name for the company that imports the in question DR1 My question again is, has anyone bought one of these ARF's ? and are they worth buying! Now does everyone understand?
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TooLow, I was looking at that plane as well. I wonder if it's a close copy of the discontinued GP model. I can't tell for sure, but it looks like a couple of screws holding down the horizontal stab with some big washers. I'll be watching this to see what a first-hand experience reveals.
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I have a GP DR-1 and it is a lot larger than this one. In fact it is a huge streach to call this one a .90 size. A .70 four stroke at most. The GP one said a .70 was max but it flies nicely with a .91 four stroke. It weighed over 8 pounds finished and it was built light. I doubt the Nitro one really weighs 6.6 pounds finished, especially since it looks to be made of plywood VS balsa in the GP version.
It really looks weird flying without a pilot, you will need a 1/5 scale pilot for this. I suspect you will need wheels as well. They look like they may be a bit small, and they don't seem to want them to show in the photo's. You will need very large wheels with the stock undercarrage as the wheels take the shock and the undercarriage is solid with little spring.
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Got my red one in the mail a week ago, nice model for the money. Airframe weighs 4lb 6oz. Cowl is longer than scale, and stab IS held on with 3 screws into blind nuts. I think a good 60 2stroke will fly it fine. Got a Great Planes 1/5 German WW1 pilot from Tower Hobbies, and it looks great, but he needs about 1 1/4ins amputated off the bottom of his chest to appear correct. Look closely at the two different colors of models, they are built slightly different, ie: firewall, stab.
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Flyboyhobbies carries this plane also in black...I saw it at the Toledo show. i used to have a GP Dr.1 and loved it. I think there may be some issues with the firewall on this plane which might explain that long cowl. The gP version had an inverted box to help solve the problem. good luck and hope to hear how she flies! [)]
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one thing I noticed is the red one and Blk and yellow one look like they are made by different factories, The red one has the cockpit wood with covering and the yellow is a plastic piece. and there other differences you can see in there photo. wonder if they both fly the same or wich one is better. The red one looks better built to me but a pic only tells so much. Also I just noticed the scalloping on the wings is much different and the yellow one has it on the landing gear wing and the red does not, Actually the wings are completely different between the two planes but they both have the same specs.
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one thing I noticed is the red one and Blk and yellow one look like they are made by different factories, The red one has the cockpit wood with covering and the yellow is a plastic piece. and there other differences you can see in there photo. wonder if they both fly the same or wich one is better. The red one looks better built to me but a pic only tells so much. Also I just noticed the scalloping on the wings is much different and the yellow one has it on the landing gear wing and the red does not, Actually the wings are completely different between the two planes but they both have the same specs.
Dauntae
My son ordered a red one but a black one showed up instead. He ordered red based on the same observations you had as to the differences, but when we inspected the contents of the box it appears that the two are in fact identical in construction. I will pass this thread on to him so that he can put in his two cents when he starts the build. my own brief observation is that it is about what you would expect in this price range and will challenge those who need more than a few photos and uni-language diagrams for instructions.
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