I built several of these in the 60 size and they fly great. I used carbon fiber in some places to reduce flex. Then used tie dye to tint the canopy and wheel skirts. Replaced the single servo ailerons with 2 micro servos and used a cable pull-pull on the rudder. Then used coverite fabric and an OS-61FX. Thing was rock solid and aerobatic. It was the first RC plane I built from planes after I bought the first Great Planes Kit and learned to fly RC planes on. Still to this day I remember the plane after 30 years. These Great Planes kits are under rated. They almost come with everything you need minus radio and motor.
Awesome build! Super Sportsters are excellent flying planes. And they're a hoot on high rates. And thank you for the awesome music as well! I'm a guitar player so David Gilmour is one of my influences.
lovely build. very clean, excellent craftsmanship. I have a few balsa planes I picked up used cheap, they scare the shit out of me. If I crash them, I do not have the skill (yet) to fix them. And they are nitro planes, I only have flown electrics so far.
Beautiful build and covering job!! So awesome to see people kit building still. Such a classic model. Thanks for sharing in such detail, Enjoy!!
I built several of these in the 60 size and they fly great. I used carbon fiber in some places to reduce flex. Then used tie dye to tint the canopy and wheel skirts. Replaced the single servo ailerons with 2 micro servos and used a cable pull-pull on the rudder. Then used coverite fabric and an OS-61FX. Thing was rock solid and aerobatic.
It was the first RC plane I built from planes after I bought the first Great Planes Kit and learned to fly RC planes on. Still to this day I remember the plane after 30 years. These Great Planes kits are under rated. They almost come with everything you need minus radio and motor.
Wonderful graphics and neat construction!
Very nice Chris! You are a master! Thanks Mike for posting this!
Nice show! I'm building a Sportster 20 right now! I have 2 Sportster 40 bipes and a regular
Sportster 40...can't beat the way these fly!
Awesome build! Super Sportsters are excellent flying planes. And they're a hoot on high rates. And thank you for the awesome music as well! I'm a guitar player so David Gilmour is one of my influences.
I always cover my planes from the bottom up, so the seams face down. Also, from the rear first, so the seams face rearward. But that's just me.
Beautiful work! I just picked up this kit which will take me forever to build.
Wow...perfect,very good!!!
lovely build. very clean, excellent craftsmanship. I have a few balsa planes I picked up used cheap, they scare the shit out of me. If I crash them, I do not have the skill (yet) to fix them. And they are nitro planes, I only have flown electrics so far.
nice soundtrack! i love pink floyd during my builds. great minds...
Great graphics
Excellent!!
Hi, long shot here....do you still have the plan and building instruction....thanks. Marc.
What Engine? Thx!
its a YS63