Whatever happened to this plane? Is it available yet? If so who has it? What are its flight characteristics like etc? Anyone conveted this to electric ... details, details ... enquiring minds need to know!

Colin.

It's in stock, many have been shipped and built. It's very light, excellent for electric or any 1.20 size glow or small gas.

TF

Got mine last week, and all the ancillary goodies (servos, glue, better tail wheel assembly, etc.) arrived today. I intend to do a build thread (since it hasn't been done on this one yet); with any luck, I'll begin that tomorrow evening. But since the FIRST thing to do is go over the covering with the trusty iron, I may not start the thread for a few more days.

I did unpack the airplane. Its about what you'd expect; well-built airframe, covering acceptable but by no means exemplary. Good hardware pack, at a reasonable price ($50 extra; this is explained on Tom's web site).

Don't like the looks of the included main gear; it seems rather flimsy. Anyone have any ideas for a replacement? My first thought was TNT, but their stuff, while very tough, is also very heavy. Guess I'll have to cough up for C/F. Anyone know of an off-the-shelf unit approximately the same size?

Anyway, stay tuned. This thing is incredibly light, as advertised.

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Why don't you just try the supplied gear first?

TF

I wonder what people think I do when I am developing/testing a plane. It must be something like this;

"See, the way I do things is if a plane I am developing has landing gear that is entirely inadequate, I just tell myself "who cares, the customrer can just go buy something else or use the junk I send them and ruin the plane on the first flight".

Does anyone honestly think I would do that? The gear for this plane has been tested a lot on grass fields and has held up just fine. Not that I don't make mistakes, but I would never intentionally allow something to go out that could not be used.

TF

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This wouldn't happen to be an electric conversion thread now, would it?

Colin.

Nope.

Laser 150 glow.

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Steve,
The gear is light but so is the plane. The plane floats like a feather and the gear is really fine. I actually like the gear on mine as it adds a little shock absorbtion and if you do land a little hard you can bend it back. As light as the air frame is I think that is a good thing.

Okay; fair enough. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the info.

Bad day today; too bushed to drag the iron out...[&o]

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Steve,

I just finished off a 1/4 scale Sig CAP 231EX with a new OS 1.60. The plane weighed about 11lbs. and had more than enough power, so this WH should too.

Anyway, I used the stock landing gear and it was very stiff. The plane would bounce around all over the place while the gear never flexed. That's not so good. A bit of flex is helpful. Mine was bad enough that when taxiing even with full up elevator, when you hit those bumps, you were afraid that there would be a nose over or that a wing tip would bash the ground. I'm certain those bounces didn't help the airframe either.

Now if there were a CAP 232 in this size from WH, my OS 1.60 would have a new home right away. Love the CAP and how it flys. Too many Extras and Edges out there already. I"ve got the H9 33% 232 on order. But the OS could use a new home.

The only reason I don't have one of those Sig CAPs (or the Sukhoi, for that matter) is their one-piece wings; neither will fit in my truck with room left over for the fuselage.

I hear you regarding a bit of flex in the gear is a good thing. And while I didn't mean to annoy Tom, this gear still looks a bit on the light side for this airplane. But I'm going to give it an honest try.

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Anything further on your build thread?

Colin.