All,
I'm from the Dallas area and flew a Concept Fleet with an A&M Sachs 2.6 (the good motor with polished case and dolmar crank) A friend of mine J.W. Jones also flew a Concept fleet with a Zenoah G-38. He won first place at one of the bigger static shows up north and I won second place civilian scale at Temple Texas (Woo Woo !) Needless to say I love that old fleet.

Somebody wrote earlier that Romey built the plane for a Quadra and he is right its built for a heavy motor up front. Use flying wires, I got my second place finish not on my building skills (because my plane was sort of homely) but on my flying skills, and I used double golden cable for the upright main wing cable and broke two of the lesser inverted cables. Flying wires are a must if you plan on doing hard aerobatics.

Someone also wrote you need some altitude under you if you do anything aerobatic boy he aint kidding, stall something and you better have 50 feet below you before you get straightened out. On a single set of frieze ailerons you need to input all you got and wait and pray you time it right before you hit the ground

On landings you drive the geriatric crowd crazy. They love that old plane and if they see it they flock to your pit.

I rebuilt mine from a crash and it’s not for the faint of heart. If you have never built a big Sig kit or a Top Flite warbird kit. Maybe you should pass this on to a pro builder.


Good Luck

JDS