Do you realize this thread was last responded to over 12 years ago? And it was started 14 years ago?

The Hobbistar is not covered in monokote. It is a covering from china. I know because I emailed hobbico and thats what they told me. But it is heat shrink film.

If you want to talk about 60 size planes a new thread would be a good idea. A lot has changed in the last 14 years.