who makes the very best warbird arf"S? wanting a p-47 razorback, spitfire, hell cat. p-51 thanks

Every warbird ARF has flaws, but the CMP Hellcat is pretty good. Modeltech P-47 razorback is also pretty good.

Hard to go wrong with Koyosho, too bad they don't make their spit anymore.

Andy

Hands down it has to be the H-9 Corsair. I ordered mine from the LHS before they were even released. I have the Saito 1.00 on it & I put robart wire strut covers on the landing gear.I cant count the times I have been asked what retracts I installed on it but they are the factory units! It is by far the best looking and best flying warbird arf I have ever had the pleasure to assemble and or fly.Just my humble opinion.Kelley.

Have a look at the Sportsman Aviation (Global) range of warbirds. Both the P 40 Warhawk and the Spit are very good, fly very nicely, could almost be used as a first low wing. My mate has the P40 with a Magnum 91 4 stroke, flys nicely, I have the Spit with a Thunder Tiger 61 2 stroke and it is FAST.
Seem pretty tuff models too, pancaked mine very hard and only damaged the covering where the wheels flexed up through the wing. The only thing I was not happy about is the canopy, very brittle.

Definitely the best one is the NEXT one!

Jerry

I am enjoying my VQ P-40 Warhawk, still needs some work to get airworthy though

matt

Sportsman aviation no longer sells a spitfire or p-40. The only arfs they sale in .40 size and up are their Mustang, their p-47 and they have 2 new ones a Corsair and a WW1 SE-5A bipe. I have the p-47 and the plane is really nice looking, seems to be well made but the covering material is not as high of a quality as some of the other mfgs. I do notice in their ads for their new Corsair and SE-5A that they are using Oracover and MonoKote so it sounds as if they are listening to the consumers and are using better covering materials on these and these 2 new planes are very price competitive as well. I would love to have the Bipe, have you noticed there are not very many bipes for sale in this size and price range?

I've got one of Sportsman's Fock Wulf 190's and it's definetly a very easy to fly warbird. My first, and if you can find one I would reccomend it as well.

The World Models MkXIV Spit is quite nice (reasonably scale) & flies very well on a 61. They also have a 90 size that is a bit closer in scale appearance.

the ripmax electric spitfire is a wonderful flier when it is converted to ic with a 30 4-stroke up front

I had a chance to fly a H9 60 size Mustang. I was very impressed. Rock solid plane, good slow flight characteristics and the retracts worked well. Seems like a bargain. I was just test flying for a guy at the field. His engine bearing were toast, so I didn't see the top end performance. Plane did look good in the air too.

Hi gnirwin, I will be waiting to see the Sportsman Aviation SE-5a, I really like them, they are not available in OZ yet, we can still get the Spitfire ok though, and now their new one the "Corby Starlet" which was designed by an OZ Flyer / Distributor. Global Hobbies actually own Sportsman and Magnum engines too I think. Yes I have noticed there are not many Biplanes in the 40 size.

Ditto on the H9 Corsair, I'm about to start on mine.
World Models giant scale P-51, Spitfire and ZERO are very good ARF warbirds.
The big H-9 P-51 is good and H-9 is going to release a P-40 in March.
Too many to list, their getting better all the time.

Carlos,

Where did you hear about H9 P-40 new release?. This is my favorite Warbird, so I´ll buy one if it is OK.

Thanks

Here you go: [link]http://www.hangar-9.com/[/link]

There is also a thread on this in the warbirds forum.

The Great Planes Stuka ARF isn't cheap but its a good design. Even the wheels were a good size and useable. Its interesting and different looks always attracts a crowd at the field. Its a good sized plane that is very lite for its size so it would fly well on a 60 engine. I am using a TH 75 and it flys fast at less than 1/2 throttle. Lands as slow as an LT0 but tracks straight regardless of what the wind is doing! Can hover it in a light wind even without the flaps. A very fun to fly warbird. [8D]

New P-40 Warhawk .60 from Hangar 9.
64.6" span
7 1/2 to 8 1/2 lbs.
.60 to .78 2stk.
.91 to 1.00 4stk.
5 ch., 6 servos.
Metal retracts.
Product # HAN 2850

$259.99
Done in dark camo.

Hello All,

The best war bird arfs in my opinion are from 3 See Bees. They have 2 versions. The standard stand off scale ARFs and the Museum Quality non- flying ARFs. The stand off ARFs are so scale that they ARE scale. The price is about 300 - 600 dollars more than the typical arfs, but they are worth it. Dai

I agree with Dai Phan on this but 3 Sea Bee's to my knowledge do not produce any "WW-2" war birds, only pre and WW-1.
I love their green Japanese biplane on floats and their huge Jenny.

Hello,

I was wondering if 3 See Bees HQ is affected by the tusnami since it is located in Pucket Thailand. If the company goes defunct in the future, no doubt their ARFs price will sky rocket in the collector community. IMHO, their ARFs are more correctly called "custom built" crafts due to the high level of detail and absolute correct scale outlines. Dai

Hi All,

I've just completed putting together a Sportsman Aviation P40 and I test flew it on the weekend. I've got an ASP 80FS in it running a 13 * 6 prop and it flies very well.
I used the supplied retracts which work OK but I'm finding I have to check that they will come up into the wells before each flight as the gear bend very easily. The covering definately wrinkles up (at least here in the aussie sun) which is a pain but I will be recovering it in the future some time.
One of our more senior pilots came over to have a look after a flight and was surprised to see it was only a .60size model. He commented that it looked like a large scale plane in flight - this guy flies turbines and 30% extras etc so that was quite a compliment for the model I thought.
One last thing - I have approximately 50 flights in total since I started flying RC about 8 weeks ago - all of these on my high wing trainer (trike) and I now have about 4 or 5 flights on the P40 so this proves it is a very easy plane to fly and it certainly can serve as a first low wing model if you are game,

Regards

Tony

i like the wm p40.zero.60 gs mustang spit h-9 p 51 60
tf corsair

do you have a link to their website or products?

matt

http://www.3seabees.com/