Crash,

I have the ModelTech P-51 ARF with an OS 46fx in the nose and I really don't have any "bad things" to say about it. I picked mine up on sale for $169 a few months ago.

I am somewhat of a "newbe" in that I have been out of the hobby for 15+ years and decided to get back in, and chose this plane as my first to return with.

It assembles well and quite easily. I was impressed with the plane as soon as I opend the box. The covering was in perfect shape, everything was straight and true. One thing that I was not to enthused about was ALL of the hardware is metric. I lost some parts in my basement and had a little trouble finding replacements at the LHS but finally found what I needed. One other thing that I don't particularly like is that they used wood engine mount rails. At one point, all of the glue joints broke free and needed to be re-glued.

As for the flying of the plane, it is GREAT!! My first flight was not very succesful as I tired to tackle it on my own. After 15 years of rust to nock off, it was quite hir raising. I ended up ripping the left gear out on "landing". I call it a landing but it was more of a crash! Anyway, after repairs were made, I enlisted the help of an instructor and have had nothing but success since.

This plane has no bad tendancies as some other warbirds may have. Tha tail does lift off well before the plane is ready to fly, so you have to keep it on the runway to build up speed. Everyone at the field that has flown it has remarked how well it tracks and "goes where you point it". I have had no problems with the included retracts, however I did need to bend them as far forward as I could, and bend the tailwheel up to help reduce the tendancy to nose over on landing in the grass. I have not tried a grass take off yet.

Landings are faster than a trainer but nothing you can't handle. All in all, I love the way this plane flys and looks