Just wanting any input on this plane. I was thinking about getting one and wondered about good ,bad, or anything. Thank You

Mr. Gee Bee himself is sporting a 1.08 I think. Very impressive.

I HAVE ONE ILL SELL YOU ALREADY BUILT WITH A FX 61 IN IT. THIS IS BRAND NEW NEVER CRANKED.

I had a Shoestring from GP until the Toledo show and sold it. Don't know why as it was absolutely the best flying plane I have ever had and I've been modelling for over 50 years. I had an OS 60 FSR with a Sliline Pitts muffler and it was perfect. Enough power to be fast around pylons but not overpowered and had a very throaty racing engine sound to it. Only problem I encountered was fitting the upper cockpit to the wing but it wasn't a major issue. I can highly reccommend this airplane and I'm going to get another one.
By the way I'm not exactly a proponent of Great Planes aircraft. I had a Spectrum and it was junk but the Shoestring is very nice.

Thanks for the complement Mikey, but it's only a worn out old Fox .74. Gots to make an effort to keep the nose light, or you are gonna have to load up the tail with lead. Don't go that route. Start with a light engine in the nose.

That worn out old Fox gave this .90 a heck of a run eh?

I love my Shoestring, it's just getting my Magnum 61 to run right & I'll be all set. I agree that the canopy was a bit uncooperative, but I survived. Run a search on Shoestring and you'll come up with a few other threads.

It was great fun. I guess that I remember turning a lap or two with Mike. Mike, Cyclic Hardover, was one of our hosts up at Albuquerque, I live in Tucson. They put on a great Fun Scale event up there every June.

Thanks for letting me win the Computer Radio Mike.

I have the shoestring arf from great planes and I realy like it....could be the best arf ever from great planes......61FX with pitts muffler bsm....not over powerd but still very fast....went together very easly ..well constucted arf..I beefed up the firewalland the wing holed down plate but I do that to all my arf anyway....no lead to balance weight = 8# 2%....????? plane fly very well but not super aerobatic this plane loves to fly fast in pylon racing ( nascar of airplanes )........the only bad thing is it likes to land fast...the bottum is of open stringer design and weeds punch holes in the monokote easly...landing gear block area is not well supported and came out during a dead stick landing that didnt make the field( ran out of fuel).....if I was to make a new one I would beef this area up before I flow it....the airplane is very easy to see ..but not to tell top from bottom I would checker the bottom of the wings.......after 30+ flights the wheel paints are beging to crack badly i dont whant to take them off ase they realy make this plane look good ....evin with this small problems its still a great ARF and dont be afraid to get one....its in the class of world models kyosho yellow ext...maybe evin better :sunsmiley

I live in So Indiana and I have mine for sale. All 5 servos included (no motor) email me if your interested. It fly's great , I just dont fly it much because I prefer more advanced aerobatics

Thanks for all the info guys. I think I will look into one .....

8+ lbs, mine weighs 7lbs and 3/4 oz with an OS 61 and pitts. And the 3/4 came from the weight in the tail. I wonder why all the weight diff?