The crumby film they use bugs me, man! Get the ARC, and cover it your ownself! Steve
Steve,
Ha ha, I know I know, I should but I'm lazy man-dig it dude?
Seriously though; I bought an ARC Vector and covered it myself, did an ok job but those workers seem to be much better at it than I am. Have also read that they are now using Ultracote on them, love that stuff!!
Hi Bob,
Thank you for the comment. Darn right ARF/ARC's bring new guys back in and I'm living proof of that. I'm not a very good builder, just never could seem to develop the skill though I've tried, so, pretty much got out of planes years ago as I was tired of paying someone to build planes for me(expensive and deservedly so), moved to helicopters due to being able to build them myself. Got out of them due to field politics/expense and pretty much just gave up on flying.....then I saw the ARF/ARC control line models, even better the electrics-and I was hooked. Bought two Baby Clowns(ARC) for my son and I for Christmas and had a blast, went from there to StevensAero Ring Rat 250 which I did manage to build but it's VERY simple and now finally have an ARC Vector 40(electric). Yes I did cover it but really would like an ARF T-Rex or Strega but as I mentioned before have no idea what the different color options look like. If Brodak would do a little bit of work on their website I think they would sell a whole lot more product, even browsing for parts is a nightmare on that site.
Bob, are you saying that the Brodak planes only have one base color and the four different color options are just the different trim colors? If that's the case then it makes it a little easier but still would like to see photos of the different trim options. I'm actually leaning towards the T-Rex because of your thread on your electric Bob. Getting all the electrics to fit properly into this Vector was a royal PITA and the T-Rex appears to have plenty of room for a really nice install, even someone like me could breeze thru it! I could get an ARC but just thought since they were using Ultracote and it seems those builders do a great job at covering them, well thought "Why not"?!? But, I do worry about a few things like the trailing edge being fragile, wonder if they have fixed that in the newer models?
Doc, the bellcrank and leadouts seemed pretty darn well made on my Vector, are they different on the T-Rex?
Thank you,
John