87in Vantex 50cc Sbach 342 ARF (Balsa)

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Product Review (submitted on July 3, 2017):

The SBach 342 balanced out using my 3W 60 with 4 ounces of lead in the stab wing tube to hide it and I moved the batteries back into the radio tray ( wasn't comfortable with the back in the tail). Once in the air I checked the balance by using the standard 45 degree climb and rolled inverted; the model continued to fly straight so I knew the balance was neutral (spot on). Next I took it 3 mistakes up and chopped it back to idle and started hitching in elevator. I got a little bit of the typical wing rock as it "mushed" down in a harrier attitude. Making a few knife edge passes, knife edge had no push to belly/pull to canopy, I only used rudder! On the second flight, I tried some snaps, flat spins and stall turns. The inverted flat spin actually stopped vertical descent and held..Then with a little right aileron, a touch little rudder and full down elevator went into a nice knife edge spin which stopped as soon as I let go of the controls, rolled her upright and flew out. Landings were 3-point with no bounce (good landing gear which is unusual for an arf) and came in at a slow landing speed with no try to drop a wing or become unresponsive. I must have completed a dozen or so take-offs/landings during the flights today since the plane flew so well.

What a super airplane. All in all I put in seven flights and love it!

John