WING TIGER

[garvey76]

hi all
i was looking on the web for some spares and was directed to banana hobby and saw this new plane from art tech

its basically every thing we want from our cub and a good price too
has any one seen it or flown one
link below gives allot of info
it looks sweet
www.bananahobby.com/1651.html

[flydiver]

Well, don't want to discourage anyone from doing a real hands on review but I've got experience with their Cessna 182 a buddy bought.

Here's the Art-Tech website:
www.art-tech.cn/english/
Like most Chinese websites it is absolutely brimming with lack of information of any depth.

I've already reported on the Cessna plane:
supercubclub.proboards78.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=sccgeneral&thread=1853&page=1

I'm pretty sure it's the same plane. It pops up in a LOT of different disguises and names.
Banana Hobby has it too:
www.bananahobby.com/1299.html
You can almost copy the FABULOUS description between the 2 planes verbatim. Very inventive these marketing folks.
If you need more info I've got a number of pity remarks I can point you towards.

Next issue--Banana Hobby. Not such a great reputation. Google it on RC Groups.

Now to particulars:
550 Carbon Brushed High Torque motor - got that? ***Brushed***.

Super tough, lightweight airframe! - Translation (most likely) Styrofoam. Same kind of marketing BS about the Cessna 182. It's bogus. Fragile as he!!

Superb Quality, Simply the Best RTF Plane you can find!!!

- Uh Huh. I kind of find it a bit of a stretch that they could put a package together that has a 4-ch TX, 1800 lipo, and a SUPERB QUALITY aircraft for LESS than the Super Cub. But maybe I'm just the cynical type.

Come on some one. Jump in there and prove me wrong. I haven't flown it. I haven't even seen one in real life so I'm probably just blowing hot air.

[jt01]

Word of caution. Read up on Banana Hobby before placing an order.

[mrmugen]

I fixed one of those under a different name. It was the identical plane but called something else. I would not recommend it to anyone. It breaks quite easily, has foam that loses pieces when it breaks, crappy motor/esc combo ( I replaced theirs with a elite 450 and esc combo), battery is not very good, charger is worse, nose gear breaks out and is a pain to fix, wing aileron set up is something of an art in itself.

Not too much I can say good about it. I flew it and was not real impressed. It is fast.....thats one thing I liked but it didn't handle worth a darn. Just my input....never owned one but it felt like I had.

Kevin