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This will be sold well though. It meets a very large demographic of intermediate flyers and maybe some beginners (AS3X and SAFE) and some more seasoned EDF pilots that want a nice simple plane.
$300 with a receiver, all built, take it out bind and program your TX and charge a very common sized battery and go... Add wing sweep and the "look" and it will sell.
That said it's not for me. I was one of the first to wrestle with the Free Wing F-14. Other than being in the Navy, working on them, the FW being off the Constellation, which I retired off of, it had a lot of cool, very cool at the time, stuff. But those first ones had paint that was thick and rubbery and peeled off easily and took quite a bit of fiddling with to get it how I wanted it. After a lot of flights, a few bent struts and a lot of frustration I sold it. With the new inrunner 80mm I had thought of giving it another go, until the new prices hit....
That all said the new EF with plug in gear doesn't do it. And a 18" span folded is small but then no assembly. UMX style linear servos don't thrill me if I'd have to replace one or two. I really see it as a large UMX bird at a higher price. It just doesn't have enough on the plus side to offset the things on the negative side for me (quite a bit of that is it's from HH and their marketing, parts prices and being quick to discontinue things). Add waiting 6 months... Maybe in six months (if that's what it actually is, shorter or longer) and I see it fly I'll change my mind, especially since there's nothing that seems to be coming from Motion/ FW at least until after the new year.
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No matter what we think, it'll sell and probably be "back ordered" soon enough. For many who already have the FW T.Kitty, It's too little, too late, too much $$, goofy "matchstick" gear, quick to get boring (I remember my little Elfite UMX A-10). As already said, by next spring, I may still get one just to use it as a "practice" model as I get more comfortable with the bigger kitty. 1/2 the price, 1/5 the pucker factor, fun and value.
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