jdr43

I had to add some weight to the nose, still have not made it's first flight, will post when I do.

Jim R
Saito club # 510

jdr43

Flew the Poke yesterday, it flew great had to use some up elevator on takeoff roll to keep it from noesing over.

Jim R

jship

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This is normal, enjoy.
john

slick95

Very cool! Glad to hear it went well!

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gumhead

here's mine! Its covered with Sig koverall and painted with Sig dope. She's flies on a Saito FA-72 GK...

slick95

AWESOME POKE GUMHEAD!! I love that color scheme! Kinda looks like the "GeeBee Z"

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gumhead

Thanks! Its kinda a spoof on a gee bee racer... racing/slow poke.

Just recently one of my clubs had an article written up on them in a local news paper. My slow poke and I were the two pictures in the article.

It was a great article if anyone would like to read it...
http://www.thelandmark.com/news/2007/0628/PDF/

here's the pics from the article...

Smooth Spanky

Beautiful looking plane, Gumhead. Very nicely done!

jdr43

Great article Gumhead, really enjoyed reading it.

Jim R

Saito Club #510

slick95

My neighbor is getting close to finishing his slow poke. Hopefully he will post pics on here. If not, then I will.

SLICK

slick95

Hm...it's been a few months since I've looked at this thread. Anyone have any new Slow Pokes?

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RU4JESUS2 FALCONGTS

forgive me here if i understand they do not make the arf anymore?

I have a slow fly piper cub and slow fly mustang I believe they still make them thunder tiger arfs
I do not know how to build or cover
I know its not a slowpoke for people who dont know how to build
thanks falcon

slick95

Still, it's pretty cool looking!

SLICK

RU4JESUS2 FALCONGTS

thanks
I wanted A slowpoke found these instead
great slow flyer can fly fast also
falcon

slick95

Bringing this thread up from the depths of hell itself...just finished this Slow Poke. A Slow...dicator? It's based off of an SB2U Vindicator.

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BobbyGee

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It's probably faster than a Vindicator ...



BobbyG

06sportster

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My uncle has a 40 size Slow Poke. It is on my wish list of planes to build.

squeakalong

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Slick...that SLOW..dicator is WAY cool!!! Got my SlowPoke a few weeks back; will use the O.S. 52FS and thinking of doing it in faux GEE BEE R2 colors and maybe changing the canopy a bit. Then again, I just might......

Smooth Spanky

Slick:
Great looking plane. What size OS motor you got in it?

slick95

Awesome! I hope you go through with the Gee Bee idea! It's really easy to modify these aircraft, especially the cockpits, to make them look similar to their full scale counterparts. A relatively quick build, especially compared to a lot of other kits. Easy assembly and nice fitting parts! The Slowdicator has an OS 52 in it.

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jship

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What a great looking plane slick95.
john

Fylingdales Flyer

I just bought a SlowPoke kit from the USA via ebay. The kit and the ARF were listed on several British model shop websites, but none actually had them in stock.
Have Ripmax, the UK importer, dropped it?
After I telephoned all the shops with it listed to try and get one, they all seem to have disappeared from the shop sites. I gave up and bought an untouched kit from South St. Paul, Minnesota. It only took a week to arrive and cost me half the listed U.K price, including the postage.
Hoping to start the build soon, I have a RCV58CD to power it. It will be covered in Solartex
There is a lot of good inspiration on this forum for a colour scheme.

dorset john

Good choice - we need more 'Pokes in the UK and the RCV is a sweet engine (I've got a 91CD in mine). I'm sure it's been said before, but the 'Poke looks huge in the air and a good color scheme is really worthwhile. Try and build the tail end light and consider an access hatch in the fus' under the motor because you may need an oscillating Perry pump if the carb sits much higher than the fuel tank.

Fylingdales Flyer

Thanks for your helpful comments John, I'll bear them in mind when I start the build.
I realise that my RCV is a little smaller than yours, I'm hoping it will have enough power though.
I really like these engines and was considering fitting my RCV60SP to the Slowpoke, but it would involve some modification to the front end, so I think I'll stick to the 58CD.
What did you cover yours with, I'm intending to use Solartex for mine as I've used it on other models. I'll take my time through the winter and give it a nice colour scheme.
I'm a more experienced 'builder' than 'flyer', I've never flown an aileron model before, only rudder and elevator 'vintage' models (Junior 60). With this in mind I've assembled an ARTF 'trainer' (Ripmax Trainer 30) in order to improve my flying skills before I let loose with the Slowpoke. As it may be tricky to find another one, I want it to stay in one piece.

slick95

Excellent! Another Poke to be started! Good luck with the build and flying. Remember to post pics! It really is quite an easy and fun model to build.

SLICK