If your new to this hobby, stay away from them. They look good out of the box and the prices are tempting but don't do it. You get what you pay for so to speak. If you look at the other Forums there is much discussion about CMP planes. Many of the people who say they're are great ARF planes are usually the ones who make a profit out of advertising, and they say they are good or great fantastic planes for the buck.

The Hardware that comes with CMP planes is terrible and worthless, everything strips or the screws aren't long enough. The manual ( if you get one ) in the kit are vague. The recommended CG ( if it's listed ) on the manual is way off. Nitro planes and all CMP planes do not sell extra parts. The paint easily chips off, the covering loosens and wrinkles in the sunlight. The stock landing gears are crooked and the measurements for DC for the Cowel and engine block are way off. No matter who says anything good about CMP, don't believe them. I was tricked and lost $260 bucks by people telling me they were a good ARF in these Forums.


If you want good quality, buy Great Planes, Hanger 9, Graupner, Sig and Goldberg and or Skyshark. I have seen some $700 ARF's out there that are good and bad, you always take that chance I suppose. All ARF kits have one bad kit out of many, so if you order a plane and something is off or broken etc etc. Just contact the manufacture or Hobby Shop for a replacement as soon as possible.

If you call CMP for any problems, there customer service lacks greatly... and they can hardly speak English. They basically told me that I was out of luck. When they did call me it was a waisted phone call, and I was told from a friend of mine that I was lucky even to get the phone call.

I took my plane and busted it up and threw it in the trash can, and I'm glad I did... it wasn't worth putting $1000 worth of equipment and motor into it.



Peter Dowling aka Luftwaffe Oberst
AMA District II # 865404
Aero Modelers Club
Pulaski, NY