30in FMS BF-109 PNP (EPO Foam)

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Product Review (submitted on September 15, 2013):

Decided to re-review this product after I slandered it out of anger in my last review.

The plane was warped out of the box, but didn't have a significant impact on the plane's flight performance. It seems to fly pretty well other than the notorious tip stall that comes with the BF109's design. I've been able to get 5 flights out of it after gluing it all back together.

She sure can take a beating, the EPO is very strong. The biggest down-side to this plane is the landing gear. Make sure if you buy this plane to bend the landing gear out towards the tips of the wings to help give it a little more wheelbase to travel on. This will make takes off's and landing easier and less bouncy when traveling on an asphalt surface.

The motor has a lot of power, but not a lot of speed. The model can also handle a decent amount of wind, but because of the airspeed required to fly this model without stalling, flying with a tail wind can be dangerous.

Landings have to be done at a pretty high speed unless you decided to custom install some flaps, which would help dramatically with landing this plane. Make sure you have a lot of extra runway to slow this plane down as it is pretty heavy and carries a lot of inertia.

I fly this plane with an E-Flite 1300 mAh 2s battery and get 10 minutes maximum flight time, which uses up about 900mAh with proper throttle control.

You can cruise this plane around at half power,but all maneuvers should be performed with closer to %90 power to avoid stalling in turns. The rudder is also very crucial in making scale turns.

Overall, this plane is fun to fly and certainly a challenge. It is going to take some time for me to master landing the plane and mastering take off's took a long time. (Spent lots of time getting it up to speed and keeping it straight without taking off.)