Has anyone have any experience, pro's, con's with Great Planes Tiger Moth 71" ARF?
I'm interested in this plane and looking for opinions, good or bad. Thanks in advance! Bill

Hi Bill......I had the smaller one and it flew great with a Surpass 48 ! I read an artical where one guy flew the big one with a G-23 and loved it.....Anyways my real reason for responding is, If you do decide to buy it Chief's hobbies is selling it for 269 dollars SHIPPED !!!!!!!
Good luck
Brian

I've flown both the GP Moth and the Pacific AeroModel 78" Moth arf.

Both are great but for some reason the pacific aero flew a bit more realistic and looked more scale (maybe the slight size difference????)

This is where i got my moth :

click here

Hope this helpps,
Jim

Hey Bigbri how well did the G23 fit in the cowl. Did he have to cut it a lot. I have the GP Tiger Moth and would like to go gas but figured the G23 would not fit. I also thought about the RCS 140. Wteagle103 I didn't build mine I traded for it but it sure is a nice plane. It looks to be a well built ARF and a real sharp looking plane.

fossil

I will dig up the issue it was in, I will post more on it later
Brian

P.S. I do remember It seemed to fit well, I was impressed...more later
B-

I fly mine with .91 Saito, love the hell out of it!

I've helped a friend setup and test fly his OS 120 Surpass powered GP Tiger Moth and rate it very highly. Nice, easy flying bird that looks very realistic in the air and lands at a crawl.

If your a fan of period bipes and want a relaxed Sunday type flyer, you can't go wrong w/ the Moth. The reason my friend went w/ the 120, is that his plane required a ton of nose weight with a Saito 91, so he just put the extra weight to good use in the form of a bigger/heavier engine. After 30+ flights the airframe is still in good shape and seems to handle the extra power w/ ease.

Yea bigbri if you could find the article on the G23 install I would greatly appreciate it.

fossil

With GP making their ARF Cub with the fabric covering; why didn't
they help the scale looks of the Tiger Moth by using the fabric on
this one too ? I've got a new 23 I was thinking for this plane, but
the glossy film is slowing my decision.

Randy

HI! FOSSIL LOOK AT MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS MAY OF 2002 PAGE 58. THEY USED A DYMOND MODELSPORT TIGER MOTH ARF WITH A G23 IN IT. THE ENGINE FIT IN FINE. TAKE ARE OPTIONAL, LANDINGS ARE NOT

Thanks helokid I'll check it out. I wonder if the Dymond firewall and cowl are close to the same dimensions as the Great Planes that I have.
fossil

HI FOSSIL THEY HAD TO DO SOME WORK ON THE ENGINE AND FIREWALL BUT IY WORKED.
TAKEOFFS ARE OPTIONAL, LANDINGS ARE NOT!

I just finished a g.p.tiger moth with os
120 fs pump . Flys great and lands slow and eash...The 120 is a great engine for this pla ne .

little o

How would the GP Tiger Moth be for a third plane. Ive been away from flying for about 20 years... Starting over with a Kadet Senior with rudder only.

A buddy has one with a YS 91 in it. GREAT! The only complaint he has had was the flying wires are a pain in the butt. He just leaves his assembled and doesn't have to mess with them. It's a fine flying airplane.