I read everything here about the STIK. Even though I really think this ARF is ugly, it does have charm. And it's supposed to fly super. I got talked into buying the ARF last Saturday.

I started gluing and joining stuff together on it after we got back on Saturday. I now have completed that Ultra Stik .60 . It's balanced, programmed and ready to fly. The engine is a Saito 100 and the seven servos are Hitec 605's on the ele & rudder and 425BB's everywhere else. The plane weighs 6 lb 9 oz completely ready to fly minus fuel . On the Chipmunk that Saito was turning a 15x6 prop on heli fuel, putting out about 12 lbs of thrust at 9000 RPM. I am hoping that this thing flies as good as the numbers look. A plane this hideous better fly GREAT.

I put the elevator servo and the rudder servo waaay back on the fuselage. I'm glad I did. I still had to shove the battery back to get this thing to balance.

Thanks for the thread. Pics of my setup are at :

http://www.devino.org/mark/airplanepics/stik60.jpg

-Mark-