hi
i just went to my hobby shop to see what was new. they had a new gp extra arf. i opened the box and was very impressed with it. i am thinking of buying it but wanted to know what people were doing with it. what kind of engine is a good choice? i was thinking of a g45. is that going to be enough? and also does anyone have any pics of thiers being compleated?

thanks

I saw one fly with a new OS46FX, and it hauled it around pretty well. If it flies anything like my 40 kit, then it should be a real sweetheart in the air, almost pattern-like. Edit: Oops, I'm not sure if you were talking about putting a Supertigre G45 on the small one, or a Zenoah G45 on the big one. Sorry if I was mistaken, but if anyone is interested the small one is a nice plane.

I got one earlier this year, nice flying plane, quite aerobatic too. Mine has a 46FX and a Tower muffler which fits nicely in the cowl/boxed firewall. Take your time making the elevator and rudder pushrods to make sure they have nice true bends and ignore the instructions and addendum concerning the length of the dowels, just build the tail ends of them, insert and attach them to the control surfaces, and then figure out where to cut them at the servo end. You'll see what I mean, I made mine twice. Do heed the manuals warning about using too much deflection on the elevator though, it really does get very snappy with big elevator throws, I've had a couple of close calls where I had to punch the throttle to get the tail flying again. It also slows much nicer on landing with an 11x5 prop, I had a 10x7 on her at first and that made for some pretty hot landings, too hot for me anyway. Mine was 6.25lbs and got a lot of compliments on it's looks, it is a pretty bird.

My 2 cents,

JJ

The G45 should work OK.
I am putting one together now and hope to have it together soon. If you want to see it fly, Let me know.
I fly at the Conley Field in McDonough