I am thinking of buying one of the new Shoestring ARF's. Any input from someone who owns one would be great. I am thinking of putting a JETT 75 on it.

Thanks in advance

Do a SEARCH for SHOESTRING, there has been numerous threads done on this plane. You will get a lot of good advice in those threads.
Here is mine. inverted Saito 100, 14/8 prop, JR radio with Hitec 425 servos, on board glow, go fast and turn left, unlimited vert. nice arf, GP did a good job on this one.

I was so impressed with my Shoestring that now I want them all!

This is a beautifully designed and built aircraft. The covering and paint are nothing short of perfect and it assembles quickly. No trouble whatsoever. I went with the recommended OS 61FX (and bisson pitts muffler) because I didn't want the needle valve sticking up through the top of that great cowl. I also used a Carl Goldberg spinner because it matches the red monokote and paint perfectly unlike the included GP spinner which is too dark. You'd think GP would color match their plastic parts to match monokote since that is also their product. To further eliminate holes in the cowl, I used the new Dubro remote glow igniter which will go on all my cowled planes from here on out---nice.

Oh now that I think of it...there was one thing I did not like. The decals are kind of thin so when you place the side number 16 on the fuse, the red stripe bleeds through that decal. If I had it to do again I would have covered that area with some pieces of (cub) yellow monokote beneath the decal. Too late now. I am a perfectionist--sorry!

Flying...smooth as silk, and bullet like!

Buy it!

Nice flyer, great landing characteristics !

Jim

Is it truly 1/4 scale? How big was the original? It looks like the real one must be really small.

Yes it's 1/4 scale...these racers, past and present, are tiny. I don't think the current (full scale) "Nemisis" stands over 3.5 feet tall. I've seen pictures of this thing with the pilot standing next to it and it's only waist high on him! The full size Shoestring was bigger but not much...probably chest high at the spinner.

Brave dudes those race pilots!

Yak

Mine flies great with a Saito 91, I made a few mods like inverting the engine to preserve the beautiful cowl lines and making the cockpit removable.

Here is a pic of the engine installation.

Shoestrings wing span = 19' = 228".

1/4 scale is therefore 57".

Other: Fuselage length = 17'6"
Speed = 240+
Power plant = Continental C-85
Range = 360 miles

Yes racers are very small.

The article in Model airplane news on the Miss San Bernadario said the wing was 75% scale. That sounds huge but it was "only" 134 inches long. 40% would have been just 96".

I guess they figure the less fuse they can get around a powerful engine the better.