Lil' Banchee 3D

This ARF from Cermark attracted me because it was made of balsa wood and covered with standard shrink
covering.  The construction is excellent, and the instruction manual is quite clear and complete.
Assembly is very straight forward, but be sure to get the wing aligned with the fuselage correctly.
As with all ARFs, the covering needs some attention right out of the box with your heat iron, but it
tightens up beautifully.  The kit hardware is excellent, except, I used Dubro adjustable fasteners on the
servo control rods.  They are worth their weight in gold.  I cut my own motor mount out of 1/8' ply.

It will take off moderately long grass, and hand launching is a matter of turning the throttle up to
about 2/3 speed and releasing it from your hand and off she goes. 

I have high and low rates, but I used half the throw recommended by the manufacturer.  I may increase them later.
It can of course perform any maneuver you can imagine.

The spread spectrum receiver works perfectly.  The range is more than adequate and control is glitch free
no matter how far away I fly the model, which is not very far.  This model is easy to lose orientation on, so
flying at great distances is not a good idea.

Many of the glow flyers at our field are buying small 3D planes like this to fly between glow flights. 

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