Here are a couple of ARFs that I am considering but the information on the website it oesnt say who makes either one of them.

Anybody familiar with one/both ofthese planes? They are both 60 size.

Generic Chinese arfs sold by several online sellers.

There is about a 30% difference between the 2 although they are fairly similar in size. Anybody have any experience with either one to know if they are even worth the effort?

These type are 'builders' ARfs IMO. Be prepaired to replace or supply good hardware, gear and tires, and remodel how the wings are attached and how the belly pan/scoop attaches. Go over the firewall carefully for solid attachment and really, the whole plane, for glue joints. The graphics will not be scale, and you will have to do some work to the cockpit if you like something more realistic. They can be bought very cheap, as a rule, and fly well. They are what they are, but most all planes these days are built from laser cut parts and assembled in jigs. I have built some of these into RTF planes and sold them turn-key with all the mods I mentioned, and the guys liked them. It took some work though. If you have some building experiance, go for it, if not, I'd recommend you choose one of the offerings from name brand kitters like H9, or get help here on RCU with the assembly.

I would love to buy a Hangar 9 plane but here in Argentina the price is around double what they cost in the states. These cheapy arfs are reasonably priced.

Thanks for the help.

IS IT A P-51?

Either that or a Cessna.

I bought a 60 size mustang that was a copy of the Hangar 9 Marie version from www.AK-models.com for around $120 and had very good luck with it. I beleive Nitroplanes sells the same plane. It built pretty much like the Hangar 9 version and flew great. I considered it an excellent value for the money. The guys at the field couldn't tell it apart from a Hangar 9. The one thing I did do, was replace the retracts supplied with a set of Hangar 9 retracts as the retracts that came with the kit didn't look like they would hold up.

The one on the right is a photo of the Will Hobbies P-51, in either .46 or .60 size.

Tommy D

I bought and built the Nitro Planes yellow tailed 60 size version. I did not fly it, I sold it as soon as I got it assembled. I know some of the generic ARFs are not much, but this one was pretty awful. Maybe I just got a bad one, but that is my experience with that particular model. Lots of poorly glued joints, but that was fixable, the fiberglass work was the worst I have seen, uneven, irregular thickness, FB parts fit was quite bad. It came with retracts, which I installed, but I can't testify as to how well they worked. The installation was not a "drop in", lots of fitting required.

I don't recommend it. There are better ones out there.