BME 44 in Stinger
Volfy,
Yeah, I can see your point. My Giles was picked up when the price first fell to $249. Of course it later dropped to $199.
I've had (2) 40 sized Super Stunts. Wonderful planes I flew for about 2-1/2 years. One lost a battle with the ground, inverted. The seconds one found the backside of a treetop on final approach. Pilot error in all cases. It could hover on my Saito 56.
My Quadflap Stick needs are presently served by an UltraStick 60 with YS91FZ.
Volfy, I saw the new 1.20 sized WM FunWorld at the RCHTA show this year. If you like the color scheme, it could be fun. Looked very lightweight. IMHO, I didn't care for the mostly teal color scheme. I thought the other one was a bit nicer. But that's why there's Chocolate AND Vanilla. Everybody has preferences, eh?
Not much else to compete with the Stinger, you are right.
BTW, the listing on Tower is simply the data from the Kit transposed over, more or less. According to Marshall at Lanier, it does not have foam core wings, which is one reason why they told me the ARF is lighter than the kits.