[agilbert]

i have been looking for a giant scale arf for my da 50. all the planes i have looked at,wildhare,aeroworks etc are all 800 to 1000$ delivered to my door. thats just a little to much for me right now. i am now looking at the stinger 84 arf,$450 at gh. does anyone have one of these and ifso what are its pros and cons

Thanks

[ronm]

If you watch the for sale ads on here for a while, you may be able to get a good deal on a used model.
I have seen WH, BME, GP and Lanier models in good shape go for half their retail price or less.

[agilbert]

i've been looking,but my main problem is i'm located just outside Fredericton NB.its a long way to ship anything.

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[ronm]

Originally Posted by agilbert

i've been looking,but my main problem is i'm located just outside Fredericton NB.its a long way to ship anything.

Thanks

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oooh that could be difficult.

[R Plante]

with the da50 i would go with the Stinger 120 (80") I think you would be happier with the performance.

I use a rcignitions modified G62 on the 120 with great performance and it still slows down to a crawl for landings.

Just gave my last one to a club member and going to start a new build in January scratch build with a 2 piece wing some lightning mods hoping for 14.5 lbswith the G62

Just my opinion
Randy

[Billpilotca]

Originally Posted by R Plante

with the da50 i would go with the Stinger 120 (80") I think you would be happier with the performance.

I use a rcignitions modified G62 on the 120 with great performance and it still slows down to a crawl for landings.

Just gave my last one to a club member and going to start a new build in January scratch build with a 2 piece wing some lightning mods hoping for 14.5 lbswith the G62

Just my opinion
Randy

That might be about right or perhaps I should say I agree with that conclusion. I have been flying a Stinger 120 with a Zenoah G45 for 2 years. Nice fun flyer which would do basic aerobatics but not overpowered for sure. The DA 50 would be lighter up front and more pull on uplines. I did modify the Stinger 120 and chopped 1 3/4 inches off the nose ie moved the firewall back because of the additional weight of the G45. Also ran elevator and rudder servos in the rear to help balance. The DA50 would be lighter and would likely mount the servos farther forward. In various searches on the net it seems that people tend to run G62's in the Giant Stingers - 84 inch wingspan, and G45's in the Stinger 120's.

Bill