Question for the Flyers...

[RevoME]

click this link, it should lead to a Floatplane Wilga.

I'm looking and undecided between a Piper Cub on Floats and this thing.

Anyone with any experience please let me know! I have flown real floatplanes and it hurts to see this... I feel like I have to get one
Thanks!

http://www.bananahobby.com/1151.html

I have to say that the website and music in the video's does not really help my purchase decision

 

[Rolex]

I've had way more time in the air than I've had on the track. If this Wilga and the Piper Cub were made by the same company, it would just be a choice of style; the piper being the most recognizable model ever and both of these being tail draggers rather than tricycle gear when the floats are off.
The price on this one is really great considering it is brushless, has ESC and a LiPo with it. It's also got landing gear as well as floats. With a 47" wingspan, it's not a kid's park flyer, either. With the upturned wingtips, nose cone, and 3 bladed prop, it also looks pretty slick.
If you have a link for the piper you're thinking about, add it here, but at this point I'd go for the Wilga. It seems like a very good plane at a very good price.

 

[digger]

Have to say I'm not much for a Cub. Don't get me wrong. All of them I have seen flew great.
More for the WW1 aircraft. Like a lot of the 30's aircraft though.

Looks like a Cub is going to be a lot slower than the Wilga?
Wilga a lot more aerobatic (sp?)?

What kind of flying are you going for?

 

[RevoME]

Have to say I'm not much for a Cub. Don't get me wrong. All of them I have seen flew great.
More for the WW1 aircraft. Like a lot of the 30's aircraft though.

Looks like a Cub is going to be a lot slower than the Wilga?
Wilga a lot more aerobatic (sp?)?

What kind of flying are you going for?

[sp] is just perfect! "Asume, as some would say... LOL"

I am looking for a few things:

a.) I fly Floatplanes and even though I am aware that the real thing is hard to copy with a model I would love to use the big natural pond on my property with about 55 acres of open space to fly this thing.
b.) In a different post I was looking for a motorglider, but could not find something I really liked. The next fun thing would be a model that can fly a bit aerobatics and is still slow and gentle enough for someone that has flown a Firebird Commander until it got really boring

My conccern is to find out if anyone has this airplane and can tell me about it, and/ or if someone has done business with *bananahobby*

To answer rolex's post, the only piper in consideration would have been the parkzone (same pricerange) just the floats would have to be created or bought...

 

[hamz9561]

They make floats for this Cub. Here are the links:

Piper Cub ARF

http://h1072952.hobbyshopnow.com/products/description.asp?prod=EFL4000

Floats for the Cub

http://h1072952.hobbyshopnow.com/products/description.asp?prod=EFLA500

 

[RevoME]

Thanks hamz...
I looked at this plane in the hobbystore 2 days ago and it looks sweet.
Guess the wilga it will be anyways, she seems slow and easy enough while still cheap enough to have a 'ups- ohhh" in the water.

 

[Rolex]

You can get floats for any model plane, any size. I might check out the Wilga at the LHS for myself.
One thing you need to keep in mind with float planes. You need a rowboat, canoe or inflatable raft nearby. Water is a lot trickier than asphalt when it comes to landing.
If you have little or no experience with R/C flying, practice landings with the gear, then move up to the floats.
Good luck, keep us posted.

 

[RevoME]

I might check out the Wilga at the LHS for myself.
One thing you need to keep in mind with float planes...

Thanks, great advise, it took me a while to go from "After the flight things fit in a shoebox" to "After the flight the general form and shape still indicates a flying object"

The thing seems to handle nice, I like how it looks and it will eventually handle a landing in grass, as they claim on the website. I may chicken for a while and launch on water to land on grass...?

One scary thought just crossed my mind:
A Rolex in a Wilga is almost as sitting in a car that could be outpriced by the watch one wears...

 

[Rolex]

Thanks, great advise, it took me a while to go from "After the flight things fit in a shoebox" to "After the flight the general form and shape still indicates a flying object"...

A great comment I never heard before. I'll be using it at the field.

A Rolex in a Wilga is almost as sitting in a car that could be outpriced by the watch one wears...

My neighbor has a pickup truck who's blue book value goes up or down depending on how much gas is in it.

 

[hamz9561]

Don't make fun of my hooptie, Rolex.

 

[RevoME]

LOL - you guys are neighbors?

j/k: sometimes, especially after changing the tires on my BMW I wonder if they would take a watch as payment... and a tank of gas, and a mid-aged truck? M5's eat tires like horses eat hay...

BTW, anyone need a 71 Rolls Royce *Silvershadow* with 76000 easy miles?
The owner would probably trade your "hooptie" hamz!