What ARFs are you preparing for 2015?

eric · January 02, 2015, 09:05:00 PM

Hey, congratulations Bill! And she gives planes for Christmas - sell your clothes, you've gone to heaven!

I've got 6 boxes piled up now beside the freezer, but the only ARF is the 100" Big E-Fair I just got as a belated Christmas gift. Once I finish the Loening indoor scratch build, I'll get to it. Unfortunately, there's a complete family room reno to be accomplished first.

Eric

Wingnutz · January 03, 2015, 09:42:59 AM

Thanks for all the congratulations guys but I don't think I'm ready to sell my clothes just yet. Kathleen lets me wear them sometimes!

frajolex · January 11, 2015, 09:56:58 PM

Here is my list:

1 - Van's RV-4 sport scale - already assembled with motor, esc, etc... just waiting for good weather

2 - Skyline Sukhoi Su-26 70 - Started assembling, having problems to centralize the horizontal stabilizer...

Papa · January 11, 2015, 10:30:36 PM

Check the hinges, control rods and horns very carefully on the Sukhoi. Saw a gas version lose an aileron at Bramalea a couple of years ago. It made a lot of noise tumbling along the runway once the air flow was too low to keep the aileron up.

jack.

Michael · February 26, 2015, 08:31:30 PM

The Beaver, A380 and the Staggerwing are done. (No retracts.) I'll start the Viper this weekend.

(I still have 2 balsa builds to do

)

The Staggerwing is bit smaller than the Parkzone/E-Flite warbirds, but is really cute and unusual as compared to most planes at the field.

Skyking · February 26, 2015, 11:47:29 PM

Congratulations. Well done Bill!

I have a used Hawker hunter and an F-22 like Simon's and a pre-used Heinkle 163 and my arf Sea vixen has a new fuselage and is ready to go. My new Durafly Vampire should arrive any day.
I know that it's not am arf but I'm making making some good progress on my Dornier flying boat.
I will probably have that 98" span powered glider ready to go too ( It's an ARF).
Oh yeah, I have the big HK silver/orange P-40 from HK on six cells.
Wow, I didn't realize there were so many!

Ken

Michael · February 27, 2015, 08:48:43 PM

Viper Jet done. It's about a 5 foot (or so?) wingspan and is powered by a 12-blade (or 11?) fan on 6 lipo cells.

It has lights, flaps and retractable landing gear with sequenced doors.

Assembly took about ½ hour; throws, trim, flaps adjustments and triple-rates took about 1½ hours.

Now all my ARFs are done, and I'll start construction on a 1/5 scale balsa Piper Super Cub kit, and then a large scratch built personal design that I hope to fly before the end of the summer.

electroflyer · February 28, 2015, 05:56:39 PM

Hey Michael,
Which Super Cub? Is it the Adrian Page?

Michael · February 28, 2015, 06:27:46 PM

Yes sir! It's back in production.

pmackenzie · February 28, 2015, 07:15:29 PM

FWIW, my 80" Page Super Cub kit got here a couple of weeks ago.
I can almost guarantee that Michael will get his built long before I do

Pat MacKenzie

Papa · February 28, 2015, 07:36:28 PM

Hang on to it Pat, we may do it as a build class and you can be a super sub instructor EH!

Jack.

electroflyer · March 01, 2015, 11:23:36 AM

You both will love the plane!

Skyking · March 01, 2015, 04:13:51 PM

Hi Guys,
Where can you get the "Adrian" super cub and about how much izit?
Thanks,

Ken

pmackenzie · March 02, 2015, 12:04:53 AM

http://www.adrianpage.com/

I bought mine as part of the "kickstarter" project he did to fund his purchase of a laser cutter, so not sure what the regular price would be.
Still waiting on the big Gee Bee R2 kit, he did send me the instruction manual as a teaser.

Pat MacKenzie

Michael · March 02, 2015, 06:13:27 AM

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