I have found that you get what you pay for most of the time. This holds true for almost everything in life, although there are a few exceptions.
A $500 plane will be much better quality than a $300 plane. I will gladly pay the extra money for a better quality plane. It's going to fly better and last longer.
Some guys would rather pay less money and get poor quality. To each his own, but don't expect a better quality product for a cheap price.
You get what you pay for.

Jim

This especially applies to Sig planes. They are excellent quality. Well, they were at one time. I hope they still are.

Has anyone found out who the new manufacturer of the Sig Arfs are? The previous one, "World Model" made some pretty good stuff other then the crappy Toughlon garbage that doesn't stick. Now I understand there is a new manufacturer producing the Sig line. My hunch is Seagull models out of Viet Nam. They are one of the few asian companies that do O&M work. Their quality is not nearly up to World Model standards. Then again it is considerably cheaper to produce products in VietNam. We shall see if it warrants the tremendous price hikes. Of course the new owners of Sig need to recoup their investment some how. The reviews on the new expensive ARFs will be interesting

As soon as I receive my new Rascal 110 I'll post pic's and give my option on the quality and fit and finish. I think I have decided on going with the Syssa 30cc gasser. I like the fact that it's American made and it has very good reviews. After having my first Rascal 110 with a G26 with the carb and muffler sticking out of the cowl I decided to keep a more cleaner look this time around. The Syssa 30cc has a rear carb and rear exhaust so everything will be inside the cowl. I plan on running a XOAR 19X6 or 19X8 prop. I'm hoping that this setup will hover the 110 a lot better than the G26 did. The G26 was running a XOAR 18X8 and would hover the 110 for about 5 seconds and fall off. I hope all of this comes in before the holidays as I'm off for a couple weeks and it will give me something to do.

Sounds good Zippi. Since the new Rascal comes with flaps, if the flaps are capable of moving up and down, configuring them so that they will function as ailerons most of the time then when you need them to be flaps override that function and use them as flaps would be cool. It would help in the hovering to have functional ailerons the full length of the wing. My flaps are designed as Fowler flaps and will only go down so I could never do that. Also is a Pits type muffler available for the engine you are getting. Would be cool for sure.

The flaps could be a cool thing if they can go both directions but if they only operate as fowler flaps then they are pretty much useless to me. The Rascal 110 does not need flaps at all. It will land at a crawl as it is. The flaps could be an issue on a windy day for someone that doesn't know what they are doing. The Syssa 30cc doesn't need a pitts style muffler. It is a rear exhaust with two tubes running down out of the cowl. Really cool design.

What would you guys think of a Saito fg30 gas 4 stroke in this plane?

That is exactly the muffler design I was envisioning. One of the other uses of flaps is to loose altitude quickly without building airspeed. The fowlers do a great job of that.

SIG's website has now been updated. They now show the Rascal 110 in stock. My blue Rascal 110 and Syssa 30cc gasser has been ordered .

It doesn't look to me like it has flaps on it as mentioned earlier. It says it takes 5 servos and that is not enough for a plane with flaps. It would take 7.

I wonder if flap servos are considered optional.

Anyway, whoever gets one of these, please post plenty of photos and observations.

What you see on SIG's website is the original spec's for the old Rascal 110. SIG has not changed that yet. I will be posting pic's as soon as mine comes in.

Thanks Zippi

Has anyone received this plane yet?

Can you comment on quality of the kit with Sig under new management?

Larry

Have all 3 versions but flaps might be fun but more money

Web site still shows the old one

Zippi....did you say hover? Watch this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZlc1QnyML0 Capt,n

yahbut web site now shows price and availability!!


Still wanna hear from someone who has the plane and can give us a rundown on quality.


Larry

With Flaps...... Home Grown

*** SWEEEEET ***

I do have a Desert Aircraft 50cc engine I could put on a airplane like thePilot one shown in the video! HHhhuumm. Capt,n

phakur,

Your just going to have to wait like the rest of us until SIG starts shipping later this month (hopefully). I still haven't made up my mind on using the flaps are not.

A fellow on one of the other forums said that SIG has their hands on the Rascal 110's as of yesterday. They will have to check out all of the stock and hopefully start shipping next week.

Our local Iowa hobby store is gettimg in their allotment of 2 planes and one is reserved for me !

I received my new SYSSA 30cc gasser yesterday. This is what will be on the business end of my new Rascal 110. If I've done my calculations correctly this engine should fit inside the cowl with only the normal cutout on the bottom of the cowl. Should be a really clean install. What is everyone else going to power their Rascal 110 with ?