WILL HOBBY Gee Bee Arf
03-13-2007 | 02:01 PM
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From: TX
RE: WILL HOBBY Gee Bee Arf
The website is http://www.willhobby.com/ , Although I bought it on Ebay from a guy with screen name yujein something. Im pretty sure it is the same planes they sell on nitromodels.com. It is a fairly nice kit considering the price. The only problem I have seen is the fiberglass fuse is thin and the paint is cracking on it in a few places. It has a bult up wing. I built the landing gear per the instructions but it may need some beefing up. I pretty much threw away all of the hardware that came with the kit and used my own. I will determine how much more I will do to the plane after I maiden it.
03-15-2007 | 08:24 PM
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RE: WILL HOBBY Gee Bee Arf
I have this same plane with a GMS 1.20 in it. Did you have any issues with the landing gear and how they attached to the plane. Mine seemed a little short and the wheels didn't quite stick out enough to raise the wheel pants off the ground? Do you have any photos of this when you put it together?
03-15-2007 | 09:02 PM
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RE: WILL HOBBY Gee Bee Arf
I'll add a link to my experience with the same plane here:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5043135/tm.htm
Be VERY cautious about the location of the CG. I think the stated spec is 105mm back from the leading edge of the wing. Mine flew good at 70mm for the maiden flight, and then again at 80mm for the second flight seemed to be a bit closer....of course I've flown it twice and landed it once. Expect the takeoff roll to be about 30 feet on pavement, flies very nicely, but as my friend says "lands like *****" as it is going to start descending REALLY fast on final approach.
Good Luck!
Rube
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5043135/tm.htm
Be VERY cautious about the location of the CG. I think the stated spec is 105mm back from the leading edge of the wing. Mine flew good at 70mm for the maiden flight, and then again at 80mm for the second flight seemed to be a bit closer....of course I've flown it twice and landed it once. Expect the takeoff roll to be about 30 feet on pavement, flies very nicely, but as my friend says "lands like *****" as it is going to start descending REALLY fast on final approach.
Good Luck!
Rube
03-15-2007 | 11:58 PM
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RE: WILL HOBBY Gee Bee Arf
I have the wills hobby seafury , I did add carbon fiber to a few areas on the fuse for strength and redid the laning gear for other reasons .
You can purchases these under New York grace -yulan something
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They are not the nitro models planes , these are made by willshobbys in china, they are CMP copies , there seems to be two companys that copy CMP , one is Flymodels and the other is willshobby .
There was talk that wills may form a partnership with the original owner of CMP in cooperstown Pa and release higher end all composite plane in both sport and warbirds .
If you buy on Ebay , be patient , buy cheap , the planes are nice but need some work and better hardware .
You can purchases these under New York grace -yulan something
.They are not the nitro models planes , these are made by willshobbys in china, they are CMP copies , there seems to be two companys that copy CMP , one is Flymodels and the other is willshobby .
There was talk that wills may form a partnership with the original owner of CMP in cooperstown Pa and release higher end all composite plane in both sport and warbirds .
If you buy on Ebay , be patient , buy cheap , the planes are nice but need some work and better hardware .
