I just came from the XFC where Chris Maier had a prototype from Ultra RC. Thankfully I got a chance to fly this before Alan Szabo had a mishap and the gear went missing. (It was actually an easy landing and I blame Chris' fix-it job) THIS PLANE IS A 10LB FOAMY!!! I have never flown a plane like this before and I cannot wait to get mine! 76" wing span with an OS 1.60 and Hitec 6975 servos came in just a hair over 10 lbs. Chris was able to get like 60+ deg of throw out of everything. The really trick thing about it is the wings are completely adjustable within a 4" range to suit anyone's flying style. So instead of using 2 points like the mini Funtana the wing will slide back and forth til you lock it in. VERY COOL!

As far as flying goes... waterfalls are sick! With full down deflection it tumbles on itself without losing altitude. Knife edge spins are super. Harriers and any stalled type of maneuver are so easy due to it's light wing loading. Hovering and torque rolling... I found this easier to hover than my profile plane and that is EASY! In fact with so much throw you can do anti torque rolls almost as fast as regular ones. Harrier rolls require very little input and I really had to adjust considering I am used to a Funtana 90 and several other planes that require stick banging in high alpha flight. But I think the sickest maneuver I did was a wall. I was flying around and Chris says "try a wall" so I come in... the plane went BACKWARDS! There was no pushing through the air but rather instead of a 90 deg turn it was more like 120 deg and I actually had to give down elevator to get it into a hover. And with this model following the Giles lines, precision maneuvers are incredible. I had to try a positive snap 4 times before I got it right because when you let off the sticks it just stops rotating. I found myself under rotating several times expecting it to fly like an extra.

The only down side I found on the plane is at certain attitudes it will stall funny and snap out. But any precision plane will do this and I think with a little more stick time I would just come to expect it to stall at those moments I wouldn't think it would. Great plane!!! Cannot wait to get mine and make everyone at the field wonder what it is and make them jealous!

JP