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Very light and easy to fly. |
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Intelligent engineering and nice quality. |
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Very groovy; tracks very straight. |
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Great snaps and rollers. |
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Very stable at low speeds. |
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Large control surfaces. |
| CONs |
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My personal preference is for surface mounted
servos on the wings and also adjustable height
control horn. |
| SPECS |
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3W 106-QS Engine, 3W Canisters, 3W Canister
Mounts |
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3W Flex Headers, 3W Fuel Dot, 3W Smoke Pump |
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3W 27-10 Wood Propeller for break-in |
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(10) Hitec 5945 Digital Servos |
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Fromeco 4400 on Receiver and Fromeco 2200 on
Ignition |
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FROMECO 4400 on Smart-Fly Equalizer 3D (for
the rudder) |
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(3) Smart-Fly Adjustable Voltage Regulators |
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Smart-Fly Equalizer 3D for the rudder (used as
power distribution) |
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(2) Smart-Fly Heavy Duty Switches |
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DUBRO 32oz Fuel Tank & DUBRO 24oz Smoke Tank
using DUBRO barbs |
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Jersey Modeler Fuel Dot on the Smoke |
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DUBRO Tread Lite Wheels and DUBRO Axles |
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Various nuts and bolts from
Microfastners.com |
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i4c Battery Checker and Jersey Modeler
Electric Fuel Can |
| COMMENTS |
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Most every flyer knows that Composite-ARFs are
great flying models. You'd have to get a
KIT from Aeroworks or Columbo Anderson
built by a custom builder who really knew what
he was doing, or get a 3W Competition Version
Extra, in order to have a 1/3 scale model that
flew this well! Just about any other choice will
leave you with a heavier, less refined, model.
That's not to say that another model is a bad
choice. All of these models have their pros and
cons. The no compromise 3W competition version
is going to cost you more. The heavier, and a
bit less refined, ARFs are going to save you
some money. In the end you just need to look
over the options and decide what model is going
to work out best for you. Also, to those who
would say that composite models are harder to
repair, I'd say let's just not damage it in the
first place. lol And, you gotta admit, it's nice
to never have to iron the wrinkles out of the
covering! To those who would say they prefer a
wooden ARF because it is cheaper and still
doesn't fly half bad... I'd say yes that's
true... I enjoy flying the 1/3 scale ARFs from
Wild Hare R/C and Aeroworks, myself. But, if you
ever get a hankering for something lighter,
straighter, and easier to fly... try out one of
these CompARFs. :-) |
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