After checking out the Creek Hobbies website, as CedarBat mentioned I noticed ALL their 1.20 size scale aerobatic ARF's are $199. This seems like a great deal to me! I'd like to hear from anyone who has assembled and flown one of these. I like them all but was most interested in the Katana. Thanks

Jeff Benko
Palm Beach Skyhawks
AMA 82103

I've had the Creek Hobbies Staudacher for a few months now and it's been great, worth every penny. I have a Saito 180 in it and it does everything I ask for. The only issue I had was that you mount 3 servos in the tail and it came WAY to tail heavy. It took a ton of lead in the nose to get it to balance. Had I known this was going to happen I would mounted the servos in the fuse. Still with all the added weight the plane came it at 12.5 lbs. What really amazed me was just how slow this thing can land, it floats like a trainer. If they're still in stock buy one.

I have the Staudacher. I mounted 2 elevator servos at the tail, and put a 5-cell battery right behind the firewall. It balances at 30%, which is acceptable in flight. Just be careful to keep the nose down during landing approach, otherwise it will float and lose speed, and eventually stall. The plane does 3D easier at this setting though. I have OS 1.60 FX up front, and the whole thing weighs 11.5 lb.