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Nikj2005,

That's a great looking Contender. I like what you've done with it. Thanks for sharing the pictures and good luck with it.

Regards
Mike

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I second all the guys. You have done an excellent job. I really like the scheme. I am anxious to hear your flight reports. I have
flown mine twice on the buddy box with my instructor. It really is a point and fly airplane, and it will do just about anything.

My instructor really put it through the paces and he said it was a beautiful flying, very aerobatic plane. Another member at the club
who flys IMAC put it thru the sequences and he really liked it. Of course, he flies the 40% models so it was a little small compared to
what he is used to.

Good Luck, and let us know how she flies.

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Hey guys I have 4 flights on my Contender. It is cold where I am at right now, so I am anxiously waiting warmer weather. I love the way this plane flies, no awkward stall tendancies, you can make it scream and you can make it come in slow on final, all in one plane. I have been playing with my radio system mixing. I mixed in a little rudder with aileron, and down elevator with flap. Still fine tuning it in the air, overall an awesome airplane. I am running an O.S. .46ax, which I must say has plenty of power, I am not disappointed with it at all. With my engine side mounted I found, it was a little more difficult to start. When I primed it, the fuel just ran out of the carb intsead of down inside the case. With that realized, I just have to tip it up a little when priming. Let me know if you have any ?. The pic is of me and my plane, its cold out. The limiting factor was my fingers getting so cold I couldn't feel the controls.

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Wow! And a pretty one, too. Looks great as a P-51 with the panel lines.

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Contender's rock! Mine flies on a Super Tiger G-51

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hats to all of you .great looking contenders nkj...I have a sig kougar with an os 46 fx that is done very similar to yours...yours is even better! I have maybe 60 or 70 flights on my kougar.I built my first one over 20 years ago and it was was a flying ntitantic.well I was new to rc and didnt understand CG's or negative incidences.lol I am sold after seeing this thread I need a contender ! I like the flap configuration ..

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Cool! The flap really makes for some great landings. I built mine with the wing tips up. It makes the plane stand out among others. I have flow one with the straight tips and found the roll rate to be the same regardless of what type of tips you build.

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I'm selling my contender.
Just don't have time anymore to fly it.
Includes a Jen 56 engine and servos installed.
Just drop your receiver.
Chrome, white and black poser cote with decals.
Anyone interested?