Someone has left an ARTF WOT 4 fitted with a Thunder Tiger GP 42 in the club house for over a year. I got permission from the club secretary to fit a receiver and battery and to test fly it. I flew it yesterday. There was considerable faffing about trying to get the engine to run properly. I removed the cowling and the fault was obvious. The air bleed hole on the carburettor was blocked. With that sorted out with a pin, the engine ran faultlessly and the model was a delight to fly. I believe that an email will be sent out to the membership to see if anybody claims the model. If not it will be sold on for club funds.
By way of comparison I took my own kit-built WOT 4 along as well. It was not an exact comparison as the ARTF has the parallel-chord wing and my model is the Mark 3 version with a tapered wing; it is powered by a Thunder Tiger 54 four-stroke. I found the ARTF to be marginally easier to fly.
Pictures attached. The ARTF is the white model.
