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Old 04-23-2009 | 09:38 PM
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mobyal
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Default RE: E Z Arf Models

Wow. Memories.
These came out in the early 80s and were really the first ARFs that were good enough to fly and use. (The Laniers were awful!)
My recollection is that they were distributed in the US by the same outfit out of Cal that handled the Pilot kits. I had three of them: Laser in the Leo Loudenslager (sp?) color scheme, Navy Blue w/ gold stripes and stars, Super Chipmunk in red white and blue scheme w/ mechanical retracts and a Pitts Speciasl also in red white and blue. The Laser and the Chipmunk were somewhetre around 55"- 60" wingspans, if I remember right. The Pitts was about 48". The Laser and Chipmunk flew great w/ Fox 46 in the Laser and K&B 61 in the Chipmunk. The Pitts w/ K&B 61 was a real squirrel. I flew it twice and then hung it up in the LHS for sale. Sold on a Tuesday and totalled on Saturday.
All in all, I think they were good airplanes. However, I never had to worry about trying to repair that printed foam/plastic covering or the internal structure. I have no idea how I'd have gone about that!
Al