I found a web sight called Nitro Models Inc,http://www.nitroplanes.com/sports.html.Has anyone purchased anything from this sight?i was browsing through the sight they seem to have good prices.

Nitro Planes always has ads in the RCU market place for a few dollars less than their web site. While I have no experience with there models a lot of them look like "The World Models Co." see www.airborne-models.com for their distribution. I have a couple of "World Models" planes (Ultimate Bipe 40s, SkyRaider Mach II, Super Sports Sr.) all of which I like. The Ultimate 40s I have is seamingly identical to the one on this web site. Even in the parts layout they show. But I have heard from someone who bought one from Nitro Planes that the instructions were poorly writen and missed certain steps. also the kit I got from Airborne Models had wing incedence braces for setting up the plane that the Nitro Planes model aparently did not come with. Now with this being said I would still buy a plane from Nitro Planes because I have some experience building ARF's and don't use the instructions for much more than reading the ballance point when I am done (near done). So If you can get an ARF and put it together without a manual... go for it. Oh! alwas check major joints and firewals reinforce as aplicable as many of these Asian made models look great but are missing structural rigidity in some places as well as fuel proffing anything that can get oil soaked.

thanks,i was wondering if they were a reputable type company i have never herd of them.the arf's i was looking at there looked pretty good but that is just a picture.they quote a lot of setting and weights in metric's.

There are a number of differences between the NitroModels and WorldModels 40S. Most are simply cheaper parts (as you'd expect). However, whenever you buy a cheaper version of a popular model you should also look out for cheaper construction. For example, the NitroModels version of the 40s has a weaker cabane structure. The vertical braces are bent differently and in a way that would provide less strength, and a cross brace is not part of the sturcture. The cross brace in the WorldModels version provides much more stability to that structure.

It's a favorite saying of many people, "you get what you pay for". They are usually rationalizing the lack of quality in cheap ARFs. Truth is, the saying should be "you often don't get what you pay for" with the cheaper ARFs. And that's considering 100% of the price of the cheap sucker. Very often, you don't get even that much value.

If you're a beginner and not experienced building flying models, it's in your best interests to buy ARFs from the better known retailers.

Their ARFs are more apt to have been built with all the critical joints glued. They're more apt to have adequate materials where needed.

Saving $20 on a model is false economy if the sucker blows it's tail off on the 3rd flight, or it's wing pulls out because the structure was some unknown soft wood instead of liteply, or the wingpins weren't glued in. Or the cabanes didn't have a crossbrace.

BTW, there is a HUGE THREAD in the ARF-RTF forum about NITROPLANES.

It's really a good idea to do a search of all forums when you have a question. Lots of questions have already been answered.

BTW there is a thread about NITRO models in the Questions and Answers forum.

BTW, there's even a fairly new [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_456/tt.htm]NitroModels Support Forum[/link]

BTW, there is a thread about a P38 model by nitromodels. One of the posters is reporting the legal steps he's taking right now. And he makes a very good comparison between NitroModels and the rest of the industry.

i did a search here for nitromodels and didn't come up with this link thanks piper chuck.