Habicht Fiberglass Planeur 2600mm (ARF)

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Apr 23, 2013

Recently I built this plane. This is one of the best ARF's I ever assembled. No surprises when building it, everything fits together nicely. All hardware is included. The only modification I made is that I joined the two elevator halves with a triangular piece of timber instead of the piano wire. I used all BlueBird servos for the control surfaces and installed a tow hook. All up weight is 3700 grams with the CG at 100mm. Weight is no problem, with the large wing surface the wing loading is still acceptable. I maidened the Habicht on the slope in fairly light conditions and she flew beautiful with no vices. Not a hint of tipstall. I highly recommend this kit. Regards, Maarten

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Oct 03, 2012

Note they continuously push the word 'scale' in regarding its flying.

Learn to read between the lines....it's a dog.

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May 18, 2012

Really like the look's, but it is heavy. It needed 500 grams of lead in the nose to balance. I used dual batteries and lead, it feels like a brick. Built per the instructions, the overall weight is 3750 grams (not 2300) with the recommended servos. I am looking for lots of wind on the slope. Hope it will fly