Well I've been looking at this ARF sitting in my shop for months and finally the stars aligned so that I could fly it yesterday.

What a blast! Climbs like a homesick angel, turns on a dime, lands at a standstill. I can't believe how effective the controls are at all speeds. Certainly not a pattern ship, but nothing beats the look of three wings (four if you count the gear wing) bearing down on final.

The only change I made was to add a spring loaded tailwheel to absorb the shock without stressing the fuse.

Now I have to mount the machine guns!

What a great time we live in that we can get ARFs like this to play with!

Glad to hear the positive comments. Which engine are you using?

Saito 0.91, way too much power, but very reliable after two tanks.

... and I still need nose weight!

Which ARF is it the Great Planes or the Arizona Model comapny??

Terry

Flew mine the other day two times.It is a Great Planes.I feel the same way.I have been doing R.C. for almost thirty years and that was the biggest hoot i have had in a long time.I have a Magnum 80 in mine.It could have used a bit more power but flies really scale speeds or what i imagined would have been scale speed for this plane,but it is no wind plane.I mean do not fly it in much wind or cross wind but i love it. Tim.

Yes, the GP ARF DR1...

I agree, I had little wind the day I flew it, but it weathervaned into the wind like no other plane I have flown.

Gonna try it again tomorrow!