w/m superchipmunk
 

this is my first low wing plane.i have been flying for about 5 years can anyone give me advise if this is a good low wing plane to to start with. what does it fly like? i also have jr 531 premium sport servos arre these good enough. also have a saito 91 is this plenty of power? how aerobatic is this plane?

Chipmunk
 

World Models puts out some of thr higher quality ARF planes on thr market. Some of the hardware you may was want to substitute for du-Bro or oyher bane brand stuff but for thr most part it is all usuable. The 91 will do just fine and give you good speed and plenty of power for aerbatics. I have built 2 of threse plane and would not hestate to buy another, as a matter of fact I will buy 1 this summer. It flys good and honest and has very little up stall if not to tail heavy.

Put it together and go have fun!!!!!!!!!!

w/m superchipmunk
 

jpeters:

To be honest, I wouldn't start with this as your first low wing. It
is in the class of the Caps and Extras. Tricky on take-off stalls and
landings are on the hot side.
Better choice would be the Rambler 45 or a 4 Star 40 ARF. Then
go to the Chipmunk. They are a great looking plane and fly great
in the hands of someone with more low-wing and taildrager time.
I had a Chipmunk in 40 size and it was a handfull . Look for a low
wing that has a constant cord to start with and learn with it.

Randy

Chipmunks
 

I have a Goldberg Super Chipmunk with a TT91 on it. More than enough power. Will do giant sky filling loops if you want. It can be a little quick on the ailerons but that is a function of the control throws. Land it a little fast and don't flare it til it is about 2ft off the ground. I have found that about 3 clicks of throttle lets it come in with more authority than trying to slow it down in the air. Just keep the nose down til you flare. It won't float like a trainer. You didn't say what you have been flying for the last five years.

w/m superchipmunk
 

If you have been flying with some regularity over the past five years, I don't think you'll have a problem.

Picture
 

I have a pic of the Chipper that I did a few yrs. ago

Go For IT!!!!!!!
 

A student pilot/friend of mine soloed last year on an old GP Trainer Forty. He called me, and said he wanted to by the Sig
1/4 scale Sukhoi as a first low-winger:D!!!! I manged to talk him out of that, but he did buy a Model Tech .40-size Sukhoi. I built it,
and he insisted on test flying it himself. He flew beautifully from the start!!!! He finally strained it through a tree at the end of the runway, on the back side of a Split-S.

He immediately ordered the WM Chipmunk with fixed gear. he used the OS 70 Surpass that was in his Sukhoi, and once again,
I built it:D. In fact, I scotch-taped all the major compnoents together in less than 10 minutes. VERY fine construction (and I'm
not real crazy about ARF's). He did not test fly it, because TOC
legend :) Don Szcur was on hand. Don wrung that plane out beautifully, and the Os 70 was PLENTY of power. My friend has
never had a single bad moment with this plane, and it has made
him a better pilot.

A testament to the construction quality: My friend was packing his
Chipmunk in the car, but left the wing on the roof:D!!! He arrived at the field, and realized what he had done. Backtracking, he found the wing about 6 feet up a tree near our homes!! The wing
was unscathed, and the FIBERGLASS wingtips were noticed for the first time. Hard to beat that!

Have Fun , FrankB

WM Super Chipmunk
 

I concur with Randy. This would not be a very good second aircraft unless you have to have that adrenalin fix (scare) during a take-off or landing. Flew mine this afternoon after some minor tweaking of the fixed gear and opening up some cooling holes for the Saito .91 engine under the hood. I have had the priviledge of flying a great variety of aircraft in the few years I have been an R\C pilot with most of them being 1/4 scalish in size. I can truthfully say that the Chippy is one of the most difficult aircraft to land consistently well of any I have flown. It does not taxi particularly well either as one has to really be "on the rudder" when flying from a grass field (the very small tail wheel contributes to this I am sure) on the take-off run. The flaps really do stabilize the craft on final approach and touch-down, so I prefer to use them whenever possible. The aircraft also has a tendency to "nose over" on landing if you are not careful to hold full up elevator all the way through the landing roll out. Once in the air, the plane flys great! With the Saito .91 it does not have exactly unlimited vertical (almost though), but does have ample power for most all maneuvers you will normally perform. Quality is very good on this model as is on virtually all the World Models line.

All this being said--I am thinking that the new W.M. Super Sports Senior would be an ideal next plane for you. Check it out!

Sam

Chippy
 

After owning one and building 2 I have to say that this is one of the better looking and flying ARF's on the market these days . The one I had lived a very happy life with an O.S. 1.08 in it and was just a wonderful plane. I was mocked and scorned for putting such a large power plant on it but if you ever got your hands on the sticks and loved bizarre power then you might know why I picked the motor I did. Flying time was kinda Short as was ground clearence but it sure was fun to fly and found it self in the air more that any plane I had. I lost it because I had a battery tab break on me but I WILL have another this summer...and that is a fact. It did the wildest flat spin of soy plane I have ever flown. As a Matter of fact it did an inverted flat spin all the way down to mother earth and all it did was break a prop. You could hear this plane spin...it was cool... :D
As far as a second plane it might be a bit much but that really depends on how much you have mastered your trainer too.

Re: Chippy
 

I've heard of wood, foam, plastic, and fiberglass planes, but soy. SPAD's got some competition I guess. Everyone's gonna wanna get a SSAD (simple soy airplane design)! ;)

Soy...
 

:rolleyes: Would you believe I meant "any"... :D