For those of you interested in the P-82 Twin from Nitro Models, here are my findings.....
The plane comes fairly complete and neatly packaged. Take the supplied hardware package and throw it as far as possible, it is junk. Next, take the supplied retracts and give to the cat to play with. two reasons for this. the retracts are very wobbly and loose fitting. i tried to fix by using epoxy in the joints and this seemed to work fairly well but still not the best solution. Next, when installed, the retracts are too far back in the fuselage and this makes taxing the aircraft almost impossible. The plane wants to nose over in the grass. I removed the retracts, after they collapsed twice in trying to take off, and replaced with home made fixed gear mounted two inches forward to avoid the nosing over on takeoff.
I used two OS 56 4 stroke engines on my aircraft and this is plenty to pull the plane off the ground and give reasonable performance. Besides, the sound is great. On the second flight, the left engine quit and i was able to turn left with only the right engine running. I gave the right engine full power, added 3/4 flaps, and the plane flew, just barely, but enough to make it to the field.
On athe maiden flight, no trim adjustments were necessary and the plane flies like a trainer. Very sooth. I would recommend this plane to any one, but toss the retracts and the supplied hardware.
Thanks for listening!
Al