durafly f4u carsair 1100mm

arrived without servos glued in
missing controll horns/clevis
well packaged
1st flight, retract broke on take off, causing the nose to hit the deck and break the prop. retracts are of poor quality, made of plastic where it needs strength
2nd flight, installed shock absorbing fixed gear, took off well, handled the wind ok and well ballanced out of the box using 3s 2200 nanotech.
3rd and final flight. wing broke clean off during a roll at high altitude, sent the plane falling nose first back to earth.
conclusion.... junk
great looking plane but dont fly it, keep it on the shelf.
not enough spares available,
waste of money

I got mine very soon after they first came out. It was perfect and I did not have a single issue. Though the retracts did tear out one after another soon enough - but that is because I land on grass (football oval). A better epoxy job fixed that though.
It is fantastic value for money, even if you had to spend a bit on it really... but I must have been somewhat lucky.
I changed the ESC to 50A to run it on 4S not too long after getting it, anbd that makes it a lot better in flight too. 4S 2650mAH 20C.

I love my corsair. It looks great on the ground and in the air. It was a bit tail heavy, so some added weight and it flies great.

It slows down nice, and the retracts, although plastic, have held up to some bouncy landings. I've even had success with takeoffs and landing on grass.

Yeah pretty sure I got a dud, I was taking off from a bitumen road, other models that I have with similar setups for retracts have held up fine. After inspecting the wing after the crash, the spar which goes through the wing ends at the centre inline with where it meets the fuse, it should really go the whole way through, there is a good selection of spares available now, so I'm going to fix the wreck and give it another go!

Close, but no cigar. The gullwings was to allow a bigger prop.

Mitch