Comet DR1 Build

I love the Comet Super Star series kits. I built a few of them. My favorite was the Curtis Jenny and I did it as a rubber model and it worked right out of the box.

WOW Joe you got the winter build'S going on good for you brother just cleaning engines and selling now need to clear a spot on the table before growing season gets here !  

I might be able to persuade your decision. The plane has struts, therefore any ground impact breaks every wing in the plane. This makes free flight a bad choice. This is one reason I try to rubber band all of my wings on for free flight. I try not to use any struts. Rubber may not be a good choice either, the rubber in the box is not enough and it's poor quality. Finding good rubber today is a bit of a challenge and your going to need a lot of strands which will probably be more than what the plans call for. If this kit is similar to the Jenny whereas the motor tube is cardboard and the formers get built around this, it will constrict the rubber offering poor flights. The knots get all fouled up within it. If you eliminate the cardboard, then you have the rubber band breaking exploding the model internally.

One thing I feel that has kept Guillows around is that they're designs are neat and those that have come back to them use electric. Most You Tube videos are done in this manner using electric. I'm not a electric guy and I have no knowledge of how, what or why. I don't want to know personally because I don't like it. But, the power is consistent, it's more positive than the glow and it seems to work well for these models.