Newbie to these forums here so fogive me if this has already been asked...

Looking for feedback on the Thunder tiger (acehobby) 60 size staudacher

THANKS

this is a great looking airplane. I am surprised that I don't see more of them out there. thunder Tiger has not done a very good job marketing their stuff here in the USA.

I have one with a Saito 120 up front. Simple smoke system. A great flyin airplane!!!! Parts are hard to get though.

i heard that the center of gravity figures are incorrect in the manual.

anyway, i bought one of these kits and it is currently sitting in my closet. i'll probably get to it next year and am thinking of putting an rcs140 gasser in it, although that will i ncrease the weight by about a pound. i haven't decided for sure yet, but i sure am getting tired of spending so much money on fuel.

if i do go with the gasser, i'll have to modify the fire wall and look into other ways to lighten up so there isn't so mu ch wing loading.

if there is no hurry, what good's an arf that you can't bash around a little

how does yourf fly with the 120?

randy novarre models also makes staudacher kits and sell them as almost ready to cover (ARC)ˇ˜

I AM IN SOUTH-AFRICA, ORDERED MY STAUDACHER 60 THREE WEEKS AGO AND CANT WAIT FOR IT TO GET HERE, WHATS IT LIKE IN THE AIR?

I had one of these planes and it was a great flyer with my Magnum .91 on her.
It met it's death though on an engine flameout downwind at about 15 feet agl.(low approach),in a nose up attitude.
What ever you do DO NOT try to turn this plane with a dead stick on downwind it will snap!
Like the other post said parts are hard to get..tried to get a cowl for it and nobody had one not even Stans Fiberglass.
It is kinda pricey too..you can get 540's and 300's in a 60 size for about 50.00 less.
All in all it's a great plane!
Im putting the .91 on a Seagull 540.

mine is sitting in my closer waiting to be built. i plan on starting later in the year.

a couple of things that i will be changing are the firewall structural strength and landing gear structural strength. i'll be adding pieces of 45 degree cut sticks (not balsa) in strategic locations to beef these areas up.

instead of using a "y" connecting rod for the elevators, i may mount a coupler instead.

i'm not sure about the split aluminum landing gear supplied with the kit and i may use a solid one or even carbon fiber if cost isn't an issue.

let's see, what else..... well, the covering on mine has quite a few wrinkles on it. i may just strip off the covering and do my own scheme anyways. i did this to my 4*60 that i recently built and it looks pretty sharp.

the engine.... prolly a YS110. i considered an RCS140 lightweight gasser but it's a pound heavier than the nitro equivalent and the wing loading would come in at around 32 oz/ft^2 - too much. i can put a YS110 on there with a 15x8 prop and have around 13 pounds of thrust for what will prolly be a 9-10 pound plane. just about right. i was hoping the gasser would work in order to save fuel costs big-time but no-go.

i heard the center of gravity is incorrect in the manual so i'll place stuff forward like the batteri e s and Rx and make adjustments from there with flight time. better to be nose heavy t ha n tail heavy on a maiden voyage - hehehehohhahahaaaâ„¢