Hi All,

I've just completed putting together a Sportsman Aviation P40 and I test flew it on the weekend. I've got an ASP 80FS in it running a 13 * 6 prop and it flies very well.
I used the supplied retracts which work OK but I'm finding I have to check that they will come up into the wells before each flight as the gear bend very easily. The covering definately wrinkles up (at least here in the aussie sun) which is a pain but I will be recovering it in the future some time.
One of our more senior pilots came over to have a look after a flight and was surprised to see it was only a .60size model. He commented that it looked like a large scale plane in flight - this guy flies turbines and 30% extras etc so that was quite a compliment for the model I thought.
One last thing - I have approximately 50 flights in total since I started flying RC about 8 weeks ago - all of these on my high wing trainer (trike) and I now have about 4 or 5 flights on the P40 so this proves it is a very easy plane to fly and it certainly can serve as a first low wing model if you are game,

Regards

Tony