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Old 03-08-2002 | 01:52 AM
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Default Giantscaleplane/flair Products Arf's...same?

55" - $199 67" - $249 on their website. A show special or similar would probably be $30 less. Anyway...
The Transall looked really interesting to me. If I did not already have two ARF twins, the scaletech OV10 and the VQ A26, I would have gotten it. The OV10 came out, and the engines I would have put into the transall went into that instead.
I saw the kit at the WRAM show and was really impressed. Nice. Not surprised that it costs more than the others, you have two of everything! Still looks like a good deal.
Consider this:
The OV10 was $279 on an introductory special. All wood, three fuselages, only 52" span. I thought it was a very good deal, nice craftsmanship.
The A26 was $320. 68" span. Nothing like the quality of the GSP Transall. VERY cheapo Vietnamese construction, all cheap hardwoods and stickyback covering and thin plastic parts. It comes out alright, but certainly not a premium kit. I would have gladly paid $30 more to get the sort of quality(glass fuselage and cowls, nicer covering) that the transall has.
The only other ARF twin I know of is the WM P82. Anybody know what that one costs?