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93" P-40 ARF
P-40
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Coming soon... 93" P-40 ARF

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$699
 


 
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Full Scale Model:

 
Video

P-40 Prototype Below

 
Overview

This prototype is far and away the best  performing "scale" Warbird ever made. With a DA-85, this 93", 20 lb plane using a 20x16 prop at over 9000 rpm in a dive reaches speeds in excess of 170 mph. However, it will climb out of sight, do point rolls with ease, perform blenders and flat spins, do knife edge loops at well over 100 mph (faster than an Extra 260 by a lot) and can torque roll. It will pull out of a hover like the best aerobatic plane! Yet, the wing loading is lower than a Yak, so it will land really slow and is almost impossible to stall.  It is faster and more powerful than the turbine powered ShockJet. You aerobatic guys need one of these to take to Warbird events and smoke everyone else. This will dazzle them at Warbird events. We are developing a new low profile muffler which will stay completely inside the cowl. It has plug-in wings and a removable hatch. We are planning 2 color schemes plus an ARP (almost ready to paint) version. An interesting note is that we experienced a tremendous amount of radio interference with the engine running. I changed every electrical component on the plane 3 or 4 times. I added a Power Expander, tried noise filters and more. It got better but the problem never completely went away until I changed the spark plug. It turns out that was the problem all along, and the 30 hours I spent tracking down the problem finally ended. This severely postponed the development of our projects. We are shooting for a $699 price tag, less as a combo package with an engine. The plane is fiberglass with panel lines and rivets, expertly painted, and will include most of the hardware. We hope our new retracts will be under $350. We will be carrying Zenoah engines to power these birds as well.

 
Features
  • Realistic Details: panel lines, rivets, and more!
  • Fiberglass Fuselage
  • Painted at the factory
 
Specs

P-40
Wing Span 93" (2362.2mm)
Tail Plane Span 34"
Wing Area Coming Soon...
Air Foil Semi-Symmetrical
Engine 50-85cc Gas
Length 73" (1854.2MM)
Rudder to Spinner 79" (2006.6MM)
RTF Weight 23 lbs (varies due to engine)
Radio 6-7Ch/ 9 Servos


WARNING - Gasoline and Turbine powered aircraft are not manufactured to withstand unlimited G's. Any aircraft can fail, be it a wing folding up or a fuselage breaking in half under too high of a load. Just as any full size aircraft, model aircraft have a maximum G rating. Because you are not in the plane flying it and experiencing the G's and reading the G-meter, it is more difficult to judge the G's on the aircraft, and it is very easy to exceed the limits of the aircraft. Understand that if you perform a snap roll, parachute, wall, blender, knife edge loop, or pull hard on the elevator at almost any speed, you can be putting in excess of 15 G's, even in excess of 30 G's, and most aircraft can only designed to take 10-12 G's. If you perform any violent maneuver, you can break your plane. When I perform hard maneuvers, especially for the first time on an airframe, I am prepared for a failure and am prepared for it as best I can be. This mainly includes performing the maneuver far enough away from spectators that in event of a failure that I am not endangering others. In addition, be prepared for the manufacturer to not pay for a new airframe which is broken during flight. It is common practice for any manufacturer to not replace an airframe which breaks in the air or upon landing. I have only seen manufacturers replace airframes when they have received many of the same failures and the manufacturer determines that there was a design or manufacturing error. If you break an airframe, and you are the only one to do so, then it is probably not the fault of the manufacturer. Please fly safely, and avoid full throttle operation other than at low airspeeds.