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Old 08-15-2002 | 01:42 AM
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Default I got one a couple of weeks ago.

Mine is the purple/white/green color scheme. It feels light but sturdy. The finish is a 9 out of 10 and very well done. Excuse me for comparing but I just built and flew a DP Extra and although I love it dearly, I did a lot of work making it a gasser with all the mods required to keep up to snuff. With the WM Extra, I'm going with the 1.60 as prescribed by World. Just got a Turbo-Jet muffler to help it along, a 20x7 prop is possible with that combo I'm hearing. The plane is setup for the 1.60 with mounts, engine box dimensions and cowl openings. Sub-firewall is glassed over plywood. The wings are sheeted out to mid-span and all ailerons, stabs, elevators, fin and rudder are all sheeted. The big 3D tail surfaces are just as big as the DP Extra, with ailerons only 3" wide instead of 3.75" wide and 50% less bevel-gap. I like that, roll rate versus flutter is the trade off, still very adequate. The fuse sides are sheeted with the only open framework on the bottom. The canopy and hatch are no brainers except for the included pilot which is 1/4" too tall for the canopy. The fuse is noticeably shorter than the DP model and in no way looks like it will be tail heavy. The landing gear feel killer sturdy with excellent wheel pants and fairings. Chunk the tail gear. Get this, you get an aluminum 3.5" spinner in the kit with adapter, not too shabby. Metal hinges are supplied to replace the C/A ones already inserted. All flying surfaces are thinner airfoils than the DP Extra. A friend maidened his PW color scheme this weekend and I was very pleased with the flying characteristics with his 1.60 running very rich. Landings were floaters. His plane was kit stock pull-pull, standard 4-40 rods, horns from kit with GP clevises and the plane balanced with stock radio placement. 2 clicks of down trim and the dude was doing rolling circles. The removable stab mount was unpleasant for him so he glued'em on. Me, I'm anal about the hardware and will do the Central hobbies pulls with ball/swivel links on everything to get repeatable 3D movements. No on-board glow needed with the 1.60. Here's some pics so far.
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