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After owning one of the first batch of Cub's I can say that I will go with the Decathlon this time around. The initial Cub quality was not great and my plane made it 4 flights before a failure ended it's life. Bill and I disagree on the cause, he says I don't know how to fly, I say otherwise. If interested see last year's posts on the subject.
I'm told the Decathlon will come from the Pilot factory and based on the quality of their other ARF's, I see no reason that the quality of this plane would be nothing short of great.
I have the Decathlon on order and can offer comments on the quality compared to the Cub when it arrives. It would be interesting to hear from others who will have both planes.
Had a Hempel 50% Edge and felt that that the quality was better than that of the Cub. (and no Bill it did not crash. It is still flying). Maybe I really do know how to fly.
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Wow Jim, you are still bitter........
The Cub failure you experienced with the elevator hard points are still the same 'ol ones in all the new kits without any new design or modifications. There have now been over 125 50% Cub planes sold and ONLY yours had that failure..... what are the odds? Maybe you just dumb-thumb it? Man-up! Low inverted with a Cub you only had 3 prior flights with.........hmmmm.
Good luck with the Decathlon, you will be getting an airplane that has never been flown or tested EVER. The prototype plane you have seen was built by the company in China that builds the Cubs. Now TBM has PilotRC building them and I am sure they are very similar is design if not a direct copy but they still have never flown. So, good luck to you. TBM: have fun with Giant Scale Jim, he is a great customer with crazy skills!
I am sure the Decathlon will be a fantastic plane, I know the one TBM is flying flew very nicley.
BH