Tom

I think Dave Wilde has the record for number of flights with his mini Bobcat with the MW44 Gold. He has had 120 flights now with no structural issues. The only mod he made to his was to put a timber dowel inside the aluminium. His is one of the first into the UK and has no retracts. It is extremely light and weighs about 8.5 lbs dry. The 44 Gold has in excess of 10- lbs thrust so performance is sparkling. Dave flies his pretty well flat out now and the airframe looks as good as new as he has looked after it. As John said it is pretty quick and amazing performance for the price. The only downside with the mini Bobcat is the lack of flaps. Dave has a special mix he uses for landings.

I put flaps and retracts on my mini Bobcat, but it is heavier than Daves and does not have the same performance as a result. However landings with flaps are very slow and under good control.

The Keecat is very flimsy in comparison.

One person I know has a 44 gold in his Falcon 120 and that is a nice flying combination and really great as a trainer.

John