Overall the new ARF looks like it might come out lighter than the old MonoKote ARF. My kit built Kaos is just a little over 5 lbs, about ½ lb lighter than the old MonoKote ARF. At five pounds and an Irvine 53 for power it becomes a ballistic missile that is extremely fast. A fun way to fly pattern! With a 40 for power it is a great low wing trainer that is very forgiving and is very easy to fly.

The selling price on the new Kaos 40 ARF fluctuates from $99.99. to $109.99 depending the sales going on at Tower. Tower sales deals can lower the price to only $89.99. This isn’t an ad for Tower, but I can’t think of any other SPA approved 40 to 50 size ARF pattern aircraft that will deliver this type of performance for the money. With a strong engine like the Irvine 53 or OS 50SX, I think it would do pretty well in SPA competition, even against some of the 60 size SPA aircraft powered with OS 91 FSs.

If you are flying a Tower Kaos 40 of any type, please feel free to add comments and pictures of your aircraft to this thread.

Got run now and figure out where in the neighborhood this ARF should have been delivered!