Popped into the local hobby store this afternoon to see what was new, and actually saw something new. The owner had just finished building a Model Tech Mach Racer .40 ARF:
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It's quite inexpensive, but the covering on it looked terrific. The entire bottom of the plane is covered with black-and-white checkerboard while the top is purple and gold with white.I'm not sure if he was kidding or not, but he said some of the guys in the local club were going to race them. I imagine pylon racing with a bunch of identically covered ARFs would be a bit of a challenge.
Still, this seems like a great ARF to use for racing or combat events at a club fun fly event. It also looks like it'd just be fun to tear around the sky with one of these. Just curious if anyone has had a chance to see one fly or gotten a good look at one?