I was looking at the 28% Gee Bee R-2. I was at www.nwhobbytech.com. They had a very detailed site about this plane and the building technics. I was impressed with what I saw. This plane looks allsome and like it would be easy to build. They also claim it flys and lands good with several testamonials from other pilots. Now I know people will say anything at times to get you to by their product. I'm not scared of a fast plane. This is the only Gee Bee I've found in the size i'm looking.

Does any one have any info, good, bad or ugly. I want to know.
Thanks,
Kelly

I'm flying the Jack Devine Models Gee Bee Z. I believe that it's essentially the same airfoil and span at 85". I'm powering it with a Brison 3.2, and it flys very well. Building was a very pleasant experience. The R-2 is going to have a few more compound curves to sheet, but it should'nt be a problem for an experienced modeler.

GeeBeeJim... Your Z looks good.... did you do any mods to it while you where building it or did you build it stock.?

Hey Jim nice plane, does it move pretty good with the 3.2, because that is what I plan to power mine with if I get it.
Thanks,
Kelly

Blake & Kelly: It moves pretty good with the Brison, maybe 80 - 85 MPH, which would be 30% scale like. I'm just guessing here, it might be doing 90 ? The R-2's more aerodynamic shape would probably be faster.

Blake, I did modify the landing gear and suspension system. I did not go for the idea of the wheel pants being hard mounted to the underside of the wing. If the wheels move around seperately, inside the wheel pants, you are looking at potential binding. My Mod allows the wheels and the pants to move together, thereby eliminating any binding.

> Jim

Have a look at G&L :

http://www.ironbaymodelcompany.com/W.../GeeBeeR-2.htm

and Adrian Page :

http://www.adrianpage.com/

or Iron Bay :

http://www.ironbaymodelcompany.com/W.../GeeBeeR-2.htm

Your original question was about performance. A different but pertinent question would be to ask if anyone has received planes from Jack Devine yet. Is he in operation yet?

Good luck,
Dave Olson

Kelly,
I built the R-2 with all the scale details,shown on Jack's site. I can tell you it is a sweetheart to fly. Ground handling was amazing and flew very lite on the controls. I covered it with prepainted Coverite fabric and trimmed it with Krylon. Dick Tristoa did all the grafics for it. It was powered with a sachs 3.2. I crashed it shortly after the maiden in an accelerated stall, but was talking to Jack and Bomber Field about rebuilding it. It,s in suprisingly good shape considering how hard it hit on the asphalt. Motor was completely destroyed, yet plane is repairable. I think that says something about how strong they are. It only weighed about 20lbs RTF.

Hey thanks for the pictures Terry that was a nice plane. Sorry about your loss.The size and price are just the right blend. I hope I've been good enough to get one at christmas :&lt
Kelly