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Old 10-23-2007 | 08:36 PM
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Default RE: How Are ARF's Made?


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i do not want to get a bashing thread started but did you read that recent forum concerning great planes arfs and the new covering they were using now.. it started a couple weeks ago and lasted about 10 days. it was a great planes and tower hobbies bashing extreme. it got bad enough a rcu moderator stopped the postings. it started when someone was cripping about their great planes arf was not covered in monokote as advertised...but some unknown cheap bad covering. it seems great planes has quit using quality coverings like monokote and other popular coverings. there were too many postings from others with the same complaint for it not to be true. i have a gp venus 40 i bought two years ago and it is monokote and is well built.. a buddy of mine recently bought one and it is definitly not monokote. i'm positive his is covered in towerkote but the graphics are something else and they are coming loose and the color pigment stays on the base covering. great planes was one of my favorite arfs. now i hear their not even advertising their arfs in monokote......sad!

That does not line up with the GP website they show all the monokote colors used to cover each plane in the manual
Maybe it the monokote that has changed I know the Reactor has some kind of clear skin over the color that seperates
But lets face it they will do anything to keep the 300% mark up on the planes