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Old 02-07-2003 | 08:29 AM
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Default Hobbico Extra 300s

I had the ASAP 40 size version, it looked great, flew great, and was fairly lightweight (unlimited vertical with a Supertigre 45). Unfortunately, an incident occured on takeoff that damaged the foam skin. I managed to get it somewhat repaired, but when I tried to start the engine again the firewall broke right off. That's when I started to notice the lack of glue in a lot of joints. The plane is now semi-retired, but I might go back to it some time and see about getting it back in the air. Only got to fly it a dozen times, so I never really got used to it. The problem is that foam skin; there is no real way to repair it if it gets damaged. I'm sure the All Wood version is much more durable.