ORIGINAL: Firewalkerd1
Found one at my LHS. I thought I would try this for my second plane. Cheep enough if I don't get a brain F!@#. Any pros-cons would be appreciated. Sure is building fast. Don't really care for the MM screws planning on changing what I can. First plane I have seen that the tail feathers is held on with screws (and glue). Looks like the main Gear is a little straight down may need to be a little forward. How about a good engine size? Again need comments.
I had one and loved it. Pranged it unfortunately. Dumb thumbs.
I flew mine with an Evolution 40 and it was a fun flying plane. Another fellow at the field flies one with a 46 and it really brings it more alive. Fast. Very fast.
Don't worry about angling the gear, it's fine. It's also weak but no need to fix it until it breaks, and it probably will. A rough landing or two will probably pop a mounting block. At that time go in and repair it and beef it up.
If you've got some flying experience, go with a 46. If it's your fist step up from a trainer, a 40 will be plenty to get you into sport flying without going too fast for comfort.
Be sure to balance it laterally, too. It's built light and I found that it wanted a couple of 1/4 oz. squares out on one wingtip to offset the weight of the muffler. Balance it laterally and at stall it just noses down with no tendency to drop a wing. I really enjoyed mine. It's a great second plane.
Hope you get lots of good, fun flights with yours.
Oh - also add some stripes to the underside of the wings. The plain white gets lost very easily against the sky. I added some yellow to the upper surface as well out around the wingtips and some red on the top of the fuselage. The gray basket weave blends in very nicely with the sky, too. The color scheme is the one thing I wish World Models would re-do.
Cheers!!!
BobbyG