This has turned out to be a really nice plane. Zooming around and flat spins are its speciality. It's cheap and easy to build and fix so you never feel intimidated by it. Roll rates are more than I can handle. Even TonyS "I'll never fly electrics" never gave my model back! With lighter setups it is reasonably quick and entertaining and very forgiving at low speeds. Slow high-alpha passes are great, as is the DavidS 'Wall' stunt. With higher power levels, Peter burns holes in the sky although the extra weight removes some of its low speed strengths. The smaller 'Rafs' are just as impressive as Raf600 and fly pretty well in wind. A conservative CG is indicated on the plans.
Plans are provided for various sizes and materials:
1. Raf600B - 600mm span, simple airfoil wing, balsa fuz, either a CDRom motor/3S 500-1000mAhr lipo/7x5 APCe or double that with say 1000-1300 lipo, 9g servos (L'Original version).
2. Raf600E - As per 'B' (balsa) version but this has an 'E' (EPP) fuz; less stiff so only suits CDRom power.
3. Raf400 - 400mm span, flat sheet wing, 6mm EPP fuz, 10g 2000Kv motor, Gunther prop, 2S 300mAh lipo, 3.7g servos ('Fox' version)
4. Raf340 - 340mm span, flat sheet wing, 3mm EPP fuz, 5g 2000Kv motor, 4x2.5 prop, 2S 150mAh lipo, 2.5g servos, 43g AUW
5. Raf1000 - 1000mm span, (PeterW WIP)
6. Raf280(?) - 2g brushless, 1S lipo, 1.7g servos