ORIGINAL: rideon67
Has anybody flown this 120 size World Models plane? I've got one on order strictly based on published wing area and weight. Planning on pulling it with a Saito 120 that will barely hover 11 lbs (no pull out) so if it comes in at less then 10 lb I'm hoping it will fly.
I had one of these with a 1.20 4S, which flew it, without much vertical. I replaced the 1.20 with a ST2300 with stock muffler, mounted inverted and it ROCKED!!!!
I used a Futaba 9C with crow set-up and you could nearly park it in the air and harrier almost straight down.
With the huge, thick wing, the airplane is so neutral, gentle, and predictable, you can explore your own personal envelople, like with a UCD, only bigger.
I replaced the landing gear with a Four Star 120 aluminum gear from the LHS, since the Chinese steel in the supplied Wire format, bent too easily on the rough grass field I fly on.
Hope you enjoy the plane as much as I did mine. I ended up selling mine to a very good friend, to get him into big birds. He was a former student, and really enjoyed learning new things this plane gave him the confidence to try with it.
Happy Landings,
Mike Boyd