59in Dynam Cessna 188 PNP - Orange (EPO Foam)

Product Rating:

Product Review (submitted on October 1, 2014):

Airplane was unboxed with no damage noted, all parts were accounted for. Box was also double boxed for protection. The construction was straight forward, and glues and screw drive came in the parts. Even came with a pilot!
I bought the model because I really liked the scale look, when I got my eyes it, I knew I had to do a little detailing. I painted the cockpit area, didn't look right all orange. I also painted the landing gear, was just bare aluminum, so I made it white. The wheels that came with my kit were yellow? Not sure why, so I disassembled the wheels and painted to white. Now she looks great. Only other change was to add some black striping to match the fuse on the wing tips, this really helps catch the eye.
The entire overall plane is very good looking, and if someone wanted to go all out and repaint to a scale scheme, the canvas is great.
Problems with the build. Rudder control arm and tail wheel control arm were glued in place. Took a lot of time to carefully free up. Airplane is Not designed to come apart easily for transport. I would recommend to leave it built up to get to the field. Triple check C of G and turn airplane upside down for the balance.
For the flights I used 4cell 2200's and got more than 8 mins on the flights will no issue. Used full control throws on the maiden, and was only squirrelly in the pitch axis. With slightly lower throws and a little expo, all future flights went perfect. Flaps had very little effect on the pitch axis, but really slow that big wing down. I set a take off and landing flap position. Plane really has no bad flying characteristics, just keep coordinated withe the rudder like a Cub. Even with the big scale dihedral, you can fly very well controlled in inverted flight.
All in all, I think Dynam did a nice job on the model, the guys at the field really enjoyed checking it out and watching it fly!
I used DX9 transmitter and LemonRX DSMX 6 channel receiver.