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Old 01-25-2008 | 08:59 PM
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Default Super Decathlon

Hi all!

I'm looking for a Super Decathlon at around 2m (80inches) wingspan. Some 15 years ago I had a Pilot EZ Dechatlon with a FS 91 - I really liked that plane. Even back then the nice balsa kits were starting to disappear (e.g. like [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=354500]this[/link]). These day I guess it's ARF or nothing, so the two candidates I've come up with are the Jamara [link=http://www.dmfv.de/modellflieger/06-02/Decathlon.html]here's a review in German[/link]
and the Carl Goldberg one (Tower Hobbies [link=http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDJF0&P=7]product page[/link] and Carl Goldbergs [link=http://www.carlgoldbergproducts.com/airplanes/gbga1069.html]product page[/link]). The Jamara is an unknown to me except for that review where the author fails to tell what engine size he used. Carl Goldberg I know from the olden days, but I have no idea what to expect of this ARF offering.

Thus I wonder if anybody has any experience with the quality and handling of either of these? Or are there other alternatives?

Will an OS FS 91 Surpass II give enough power or should I be looking at the FS 120? I do like to have a good bit of power, preferably with decent vertical performance, pulling loops just by throttling up some.

TIA

DJ
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