LHS made me a package deal today--GP DR-1 and Saito .91 for $449. Can I do better?, Both NIB. I've kinda wanted the Triplane for a while, and have an .80 in another plane that is perfect for the Fokker, and I'll upgrade the WACO to the .91. I got B'day money, and it's starting to smoke, and my pants pocket is getting hot. My first impression is to hang on to the $$$, but if it's really a good deal, and not just the impulse of spending the money on the 1st thing coming by, well......

WHATAMIGONNADO?

Sounds like an average advertised price deal to me, about $250.00 for each. Actually, Tower has the plane for $230.00.

Tower has the plane for $ 230.00. Horizon has the engine for $ 265.00. That's $ 495.00.

You aren't paying shipping and you're about 45 bucks ahead.

Sooooooooo ....

WHATCHAGONNADO?



BobbyG

I can tell you the engine choice is perfect. This plane is reported to fly very well. Only drawback of this plane is handling in windy conditions, but on calm days, it should be a blast. One of our club members bought one when they first came out and told us that if he ever crashed it, he would run to the hobby shop to buy another. He had an OS .91 in his, and said it was a perfect powerplant for the plane. You will probably have to add quite a bit of lead to the firewall for balance. I always say if you like it, buy it now, because if you wait, the plane will be discontinued before you know it. It seems I read a review of this ARF in one of the mags, and they had nothing bad to say about it. I think the reviewer used a tailwheel instead of the wooden skid since he flew off of pavement.

Pilgrim-- I'll probably go get this thing tomorrow (LHS closed today). I'm debating whether to stay with the .91, or see what kind of price I can get with the .82, they have both in stock. I decided that I'll leave the .80 in the WACO regardless, it flies just fine with it.

A couple of guys in the club have these ARF's. One guy flies it more than his BUSA DR-1, and the other guy actually has three--one on wheels, one on FLOATS (they're covered to match the plane) and one in the box as a spare. The Floatin'Fokker looks like it was made for floats, and is really wild to see fly. He has a .91 on it, says it's plenty of power even with the floats (GP 60 size).

I plan to sit on it a while, just finished the WACO about a month ago, finishing up an H-9 80 inch Cub floatplane right now, I'm about ARF'ed out for a few weeks. I am going to rip the cover off before I even start it, and re-do it in Koverall, paint it in another scheme. I'd like to find Werner Voss's DR-1 maybe. He was killed in the second one to arrive at the front (hopefully that won't be a bad omen) I might do pull-pull controls for both elevator and rudder, and some other scale details.

I've always enjoyed watching this plane in the air, and it's a good size; smaller than the BUSA one, larger than Proctor's, and I don't have to build the dang wings! AND it's IMAA legal!

Sounds like a....

GOFORITKINDADAY!

Well, IWENTAN'DIDIT. Got the GP Fokker and the .91 Saito, even got it a little cheaper, $445. Maybe I coulda found it cheaper, but what the hey, I'm satisfied. It definitely won't look like the Red Baron's plane when I finish it. I found several schemes to choose from that will look really good. Here's my two favorites:

I like Udet's paint scheme.....but either one will look great!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rcplanenuts/

kliff