RE: Entry level smaller pattern kit.
I just realized that my original thread is turning into a Focus Sport thread. That's OK, because it seems to be the best answer so far in a "smaller pattern plane", even though it is an ARF or an ARC. It won't be a cheap build for a guy that is used to sport planes with $25.00 entry level digital servos. If I can get by with an OS 120AX instead of the YS 110 or the new 115, I can save several hundred bucks, and run on cheap 10% fuel. I figure the best servo package, (that Troy Neuman shows on his awesome and lengthly build thread), will cost about $485.00. When all the parts are added up, I will bet that this plane requires about a $1,500 investment. If you use a YS 4 stroke, a Hyde mount, and a nose ring, the total will be closer to $2,000. So the solid mounted OS 120AX will save about $500.00. I just wish someone would try that combo and let us know how it works.