32in Giles-202 Kit (8mm EPP)

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Product Review (submitted on August 23, 2016):

Its a little more work to build compared to some techone planes, but at half the cost I will never complain. The plane flies very neutral...I've gone to 50% rates and fly it as a 4 channel trainer when there is zero wind. I'm not a very good pilot so I can't speak to its 3D excellence versus the other 3D planes, but I"m able to do acrobatic basic moves with much more confidence than before. I found my cg was quite far aft and I had to place the Gforce 500 3S battery a couple inches behind the motor (maybe due to my 9g servos, or having placed the esc and receiver a little behind the wing spar). I also came in 20g heavier than predicted (too much glue?). The EPP foam quality seems good...not as "dry" as techone. But the paint comes off easily in contact with glues or peeling off tape. I snapped one of the landing gear struts in a hard landing (easily mended using splints and heatshrink tubing). The "wheels" are worthless outdoors. I just hand-toss and try to flare a short/light landing as best I can but it always noses over (I'll keep using the prop saver for that reason).