Finally finished my Kangke Texas hurricane. I am quite happy with how this model came out. I was very happy with the quality of this model. I have assembled ARFs from Hangar 9, Great Planes, Vmar, Model Tech, Hobbico, Creek Hobbies and others, but this plane beats them all. The hardware was the best I have ever seen in an ARF. I used every bit of it. Wood quality seemed good and the glue joints also looked nice. Fiberglass cowl and wheel pants were nice too. The tail wheel setup was kind of wacky but I used it too.

The engine I used was a Sachs 3.1. A lighter engine would be better for this plane but this was the one I had. I used a Futaba 1/4 scale servo with a pull pull setup on the rudder, and hitec high torque servos on the ailerons and elevators. The finished weight came out at 16lbs 10oz. Balance is a little nose heavy with no additional weight added. I am going to leave it there for first flights. This is a little heavier than the other Hurricanes I have seen posted on this site but I hope it flies ok. I will test fly it as soon as I can and report it here.

I added some red striping tape to spice up the colors a little and I think it really helped the looks. Great looking plane. Looks just like an Edge! Could save quite a bit of weight by scrapping the stock wheels and pants but not worth giving up the slick looks!

Only a few things I did not like about the plane. The landing gear should be a little taller to help with ground clearance for bigger props. I was forced to mount my engine about 3/8" lower than I should have. My muffler hit the bottom of the engine box and it would not allow me to raise the engine up to match the cowl. It would have taken major engine box reconstruction to modify it. The way the engine box was built and reinforced I did not find it necessary to hack it up for less than a half inch. I don't expect it to effect the way if flys.
Where the servos mount side by side in the tail they almost did not fit! I used 605's and they were almost too wide to squeeze in there.
The manual did not match this plane in some ways. There had obviously been some revisions in the kit since the manual had been written. Nothing major, just had to pay attention.

THat is about it. I will enlcose a couple of pics. can't wait to fly it!