Are you talking about the Seeker Q-500 and the HurriKane Q-500?

http://www.supertrc.com/

and yes the Seeker, and HKane.

I've built a bunch of Seekers, great flying plane.. They're a kit but I could have one ready for the maiden in about 12 hours if I used Ultracoat instead of glass and paint, very quick build..

Depends on whose it is....

Below is the name and address of the NMPRA District Vice President in your area. He should be able to identify racing going on.

District 7 VP:
Tom Dobyns
2115 Manor Dr. NE
Palm Bay, FL 32905
321-722-1914
[email protected]

I suggest flying a class of racers that is currently being flown in your area. I have flown the Club 40 (C-40) racers and the 424 (Thunder Tiger Pro 40 powered Q-500) class. Both are a lot of fun for a little money.

If you don't like to build, consider a Great Plains Viper.

If you enjoy building there are several kits with foam wings with wood or fiberglass fuselage. This type is legal for the 424 class. I wrote a thread on the construction of a Matney's Models "Dawg Gone It". This gives an idea of the level of building needed.

Good luck racing.

Modeltech also make a low wing racer called a "Sonic". It is in the entry class andflieswith a 46 motor. Is a nice plane andI find easier to fly than the Viper. Also have a couple of old planes they used in Oz called "Syds". They are fibre glass construction and also use the 46 motors. Don't know how well you fly but I have alwaysflown in a clockwise direction, its just the way I was taught, pylon racing in done Anti Clockwise and it is taking a bit of getting used to. Now I have my Sonic pretty much set up the way I like it with mixes etc is getting easier each time I fly but was a real struggle for a while.

The Sonic is much cheaper to buy in Oz than the Viper the price difference is about $65. This is a fun sport and you will enjoy both the racing and the people involved

I have built a few models but not with foam core wings and I haven't worked with fiberglass..... Looking at these kits and have a question... the foam for the wings, is it pre-shaped or is it just a chunk of foam and you have to shape it?

Thanks

The wing foam core is shaped for you, and ready to be sheeted. What you do is basically glue the carbon fiber strips and wood onto it with epoxy resin. You weight it down (or vacuum bag it) till dry. I also add a few strips of 2oz fiberglass cloth to the trailing edge (inside with the foam) to make a very stiff and thin trailing edge. Once you pull the sheeted wing out, add the servo mounts and controls and you finish it with covering film or glass and paint. Scott Hartman has a couple of great build threads showing how to do that on the NMPRA site in the building tips section. I would suggest viewing them. It really is pretty easy, but it does require a few evenings to complete.

If you have the time and skills, you will have a much stronger and better product than an ARF can provde you with IMHO.

Have fun!

Wondering what to do.... there are several different models/kits I am thinking about but here is my question. Does each model fly a little differently or all pretty much the same? I guess what I am saying is, if I purchase model A and get proficient at flying it and I turn a decent time through the course, but would a different model fit my flying style better and make me faster through the course or do they all fly close enough to the same to not matter? I guess one would never know until you tried several planes....

Different designs do have slight differences in feel, but it is all about learning how to trim the airplane. Dub Jett has written some of it up in the third article of his "crap trap" series of article on the Jett engineering web site home page (at the bottom of the page is the link).

http://www.jettengineering.com/

Just about all of the current designs fly well. Setting the planes up with proper throws, trims, and balance is where you will see the most differences.