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Old 10-18-2003 | 02:58 PM
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One look at our new 71" Hawker Hurricane says volumes. I'll put this aircraft up against any other arf on the market today. This is not an advertisement, just showing what China is capable of under the correct management.

Old 10-18-2003 | 03:02 PM
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very nice now show me an aerobatic model!
Old 10-18-2003 | 04:42 PM
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That is awesome!!! What a great plane you have worked so hard on that I can see!! Well done it looks great.
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Aerobatics have been done a thousand times over....why would you want another one one the market? There must be dozens of Extras, Edges, Giles, and Caps, out there already. Talk about redundancy.
Old 10-18-2003 | 04:48 PM
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I agree, I wish there were more general aviation models out there. I'd love to see a really good Warrior ARF.
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Aerobatics have been done a thousand times over....why would you want another one one the market? There must be dozens of Extras, Edges, Giles, and Caps, out there already. Talk about redundancy.
Make that hundreds........you can't swing a dead cat
without smackin' into a "Cap or an Extra"........

...the "nice Warbird ARF's" are certainly coming into favor.
Here's my "Fav.", but keep in mind....it is a small insignificant
ARF....

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Aerobatics have been done a thousand times over....why would you want another one one the market?
I have abetter question--- Why did you make it 71" and not 80 inches for IMAA and a gas engine? This is the "teaser" size for big bird flyers-- just big enough to want one, but not big enough to strap a gas engine to it. Very frustrating.
Old 10-19-2003 | 12:09 AM
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Gotta agree with AJF-2 on this one. Besides, who wants to see icky glow fuel spread all over their beautiful scale warbird?
Old 10-19-2003 | 12:19 AM
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Icky glow fuel?
If you put a 2 stroke in it and run it on castor based fuel, yup I'd agree you'd end up with one incredibly gooey airplane, but stick a 4 stroke in it and run it on that mean green stuff and there's hardly any goo at all.

Put me on the "I want one" list, the sound of a Saito was just made for something like this... if only I could figure out the RAF squadron it belongs to.....
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who makes that hurricane? ?....very good lookin arf........i got it now
Old 10-19-2003 | 10:46 AM
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Sorry I didn't know I had strayed into a war bird forum!!!!!!!
Warbirds RULE!
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Aerobatics have been done a thousand times over....why would you want another one one the market?
I have abetter question--- Why did you make it 71" and not 80 inches for IMAA and a gas engine? This is the "teaser" size for big bird flyers-- just big enough to want one, but not big enough to strap a gas engine to it. Very frustrating.
I agree. Either make it with a 60" wing, or do it BIG. Trying to fly a 72" or 76" plane on glow is very frustrating-- especially with an aerobat. I don't care how you slice it or what kind of fuel you run in a glow engine; it's messy.
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Rcpilet :

Explane your frustration with 72 and 76 inch plane, I just wondered.


RCaddict2003:

I need a 50" screen to veiw those picts can you reduce them and repost:


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Does the canopy come painted, or would I have to paint it? Trust me, it's another hour of my time to paint it, and many of the new ARF canopies are coming very nicely prepainted.
Old 10-19-2003 | 02:09 PM
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RCaddict2003:

I'll bet you didn't expect that kind of reaction! KMP seems to have had a better reception in the Warbird forum.

It really is a beautiful job and I'm sure you'll sell a lot of them.

And don't worry about those gas-only guys. They're a fringe group.

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Old 10-19-2003 | 04:58 PM
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The Hurricane looks good. However, to me, 71" is somewhat an odd size for a warbird. You can't fly it in formation with the smaller 64" warbirds from other manufacturers such as Top Flite or Hangar 9 because it's out of scale. Also, you can't fly it in formation with the 80" warbirds because it's too small.
Old 10-19-2003 | 09:19 PM
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And don't worry about those gas-only guys. They're a fringe group.
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Got nothing to do with being a "fringe group" If I got to spend $300+ foir a Moki or else $400 for a Saito 180 I perfer to spend $374 for a Brison 2.4 which runs on less than $2 a gallon and is not a pain to clean up! Not to mention resale value.
Old 10-20-2003 | 01:40 AM
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Speaking of rivet details, check out these rivets on the 71" span Supermarine Spitfire Mk. II by China Model Productions:







And the rivets continue onto the cowl:

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The detail on the spitfire looks nice too. Too bad about the smallish size. I have to agree about the extra 6" that would have made them IMAA.

Would the hurricane make a good electric candidate though?
Old 10-20-2003 | 01:39 PM
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Very nice plane but one of us has the wrong idea on what advertisement is, but then so many things change so fast that maybe it's just me. Nice plane.
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rockmon:

I'm unclear as to what you are trying to say, could you clarify please?

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