Pilot-294
Senior Member
been only a short time since getting my F4U after much thought debate and talk on the forum about it being a good 1st and a half plane (look into my post about a good trainer under flight school) but i feel like i can post a decently well thought and educated review on this bird.
The box:
first off lets start with WOW! she looks amazing! even if its EPP and such, it looks nice out of the box. i was very impressed! with a stunning 44" wingspan fully painted, mostly assembled and easily finished plane i was stunned coming home with it sitting in my backseat. and boy does she look real in the sky too! after 10 minutes of easy and hobby shop helped assembly, (figured it couldn't hurt as I'm beginning... lol) it was rtf in every way. CG was perfect (so so so slightly nose heavy) and nothing had to dry or set and wait. RTFs come with the DX5E spectrum Tx (make your own decisions on the Tx i love mine for my first real Tx) battery and (my ONLY real complaint) a car charger. i would have liked a home charger or one with the option of it. as well as optional landing gear or landing skids for belly landing. i opted for skids. i also put some packing tape on the LE to prevent dings. does nicely.
The maiden:
not too proud here... i flew the girl up and found that she was docile, tracks nice, and handles crashes well too. i shook limbs with a large tree, shattered the cowl and loosed the motor mount. but NOTHING else was broken (besides obviously the prop) so i glued the mount, swapped the prop for the optional 3 bladed scale prop, and met Earthsciteach for round 2!
the other almost maiden (first successful flight):
this time we had a more open area to fly and i had a lot of extra (confidence or pressure you decide lol) flying in front of another modeler for the first time. i got her up, and flew her round, and didn't crash haha she flew more like a high wing trainer (or at least better than the one i flew a couple of unsuccessful times) than a low wing warbird. i had no issues with it. had to max out my down ele trim on the next flight but thats an east fix. i found her to have a somewhat scale roll but a good rate, and it handled well. landings where good came in at 1/3 stick, dropped power at 5 feet, and glided her right in with no issues. next time i flew her i ran her thru a loop held 2/3 stick the whole time and she lost almost no speed, and exited almost exactly where she entered.
overall:
I LOVE THIS PLANE
no other way around it. its smooth docile and easy to fly. i would rate her beginner to experienced-beginner but i really believe an expert could have a lot of fun too!
The box:
first off lets start with WOW! she looks amazing! even if its EPP and such, it looks nice out of the box. i was very impressed! with a stunning 44" wingspan fully painted, mostly assembled and easily finished plane i was stunned coming home with it sitting in my backseat. and boy does she look real in the sky too! after 10 minutes of easy and hobby shop helped assembly, (figured it couldn't hurt as I'm beginning... lol) it was rtf in every way. CG was perfect (so so so slightly nose heavy) and nothing had to dry or set and wait. RTFs come with the DX5E spectrum Tx (make your own decisions on the Tx i love mine for my first real Tx) battery and (my ONLY real complaint) a car charger. i would have liked a home charger or one with the option of it. as well as optional landing gear or landing skids for belly landing. i opted for skids. i also put some packing tape on the LE to prevent dings. does nicely.
The maiden:
not too proud here... i flew the girl up and found that she was docile, tracks nice, and handles crashes well too. i shook limbs with a large tree, shattered the cowl and loosed the motor mount. but NOTHING else was broken (besides obviously the prop) so i glued the mount, swapped the prop for the optional 3 bladed scale prop, and met Earthsciteach for round 2!
the other almost maiden (first successful flight):
this time we had a more open area to fly and i had a lot of extra (confidence or pressure you decide lol) flying in front of another modeler for the first time. i got her up, and flew her round, and didn't crash haha she flew more like a high wing trainer (or at least better than the one i flew a couple of unsuccessful times) than a low wing warbird. i had no issues with it. had to max out my down ele trim on the next flight but thats an east fix. i found her to have a somewhat scale roll but a good rate, and it handled well. landings where good came in at 1/3 stick, dropped power at 5 feet, and glided her right in with no issues. next time i flew her i ran her thru a loop held 2/3 stick the whole time and she lost almost no speed, and exited almost exactly where she entered.
overall:
I LOVE THIS PLANE
no other way around it. its smooth docile and easy to fly. i would rate her beginner to experienced-beginner but i really believe an expert could have a lot of fun too!