This airplane was intended to create a school, the idea was to become possible everyone even those who didn't have airplane to learn how to fly models, but the airplane was not the best for purpose, since it the better one we had we used it. Being semi symmetric wing is a quite fast airplane and as almost all A.R.T.F. is a little heavier than a kit, initially we used an O.S. .40LA as power plant, but once the school closed to some "repairs" I myself replaced the O.S by a .50 Webbra to have a "little" more power.

Still in the box, those kind of airplanes, normally are very well packed and protected and is this one was perfect, we have no choice in colours or other choices since it came complete. Wheels, landing gear, engine mount, fuel tank and other accessories are all supplied. The airplane become ready to receive electronics and engine in less than one working hour.

Also electronics are very simple to install, it has a support for three necessary servos to use in the airplane body and is prepared for "standard" servos, all hardware is supplied except the servos, of course. There is plenty off room for receiver, in my case I left it in the meddle of the main gear support with Velcro. The battery should be placed where best C.G. is achieved and it's possible to install it from near the engine to close wing trailing edge, allowing lots of engine weights to be used.

Engine installation is quite simple, no problems to chose an engine since it proved to be a "flyable" plane from a .40LA, very light weight and low power engine to a Webbra .50 a heavy an very powerful engine, in the last case becoming a very flexible airplane, even engine mount used was the same for both engines without any problem, the worse part being flight time, from 15 min (.40LA) to 7 to 8 min (Webbra .50) but we can not have both power and economy.

In this photo we can see some details, as this airplane is to be used in very bad airfields, I decided to use large wheels and foam ones in order to use it more flexible, and in fact I myself get surprised with some places I have used to land it, yes, landing is the problem, it takes off in less than two meters, we only need to chose those two meters and it's ok, but I can no land it in two meters, and believe me I've been trying.

In the centre of the image we can see the animal ready to fly, in this occasion in OTA airbase, a fantastic place to fly, we can see that is a quite small plane (1,5 m) with a very high landing gear. But I was able to manage some sophisticated manoeuvres with it and sometimes it behaves quite ok.

In general way is nice plane, too fast for first triner, but as second trainer with a good engine is an interesting plain.  But also dangerous, while flying, the last time, it left the rudder behind first than the entire stabiliser and at last, and the worse, the vertical stabiliser suffered from an incomplete broke and the airplane become almost incontrollable, I was only able to bring it back to airfield area without destroy it.

DESTROYED

Vitor (My partner in this war) was looking to another model while flying and that is what was left: