Flitter-B or Pink Shadow?

[pease1]

OK, now that I have a spare set of gear, including a GWS-A I want to get something that will fly like my Tiny (that I really like BTW). I'm considering the Flitter-B and the Pink Shadow - oppinions?

Al

[jimwalker]

I'm not familiar with either. Are they listed on the internet anywhere or are they just in plan form?

[jimwalker]

I'll have to second that statement. I got one of the last Bill Griggs manufactured Tiny kits and it was extremely poor quality. It was so poor and missing so many parts that I called Todd personally. Todd was very nice and apologetic. Todd explained that he and Griggs had a falling out due to Griggs questionable business exploits as well as the Tiny kits being sub-par. Todd sent me everything I needed to complete the kit plus some free extras for my trouble.

I highly recommend Todd's models, but as for me, I will have to pass on any Griggs models....

[pease1]

Thanks for the feedback people - I did read some posts on E-zone panning the Griggs Shadow plane - I ordered a Flitter. Hopefully EAM can redeem themselves with this order.....

[pease1]

pink shadow is a Bill Griggs kit, Flitter-B is available from EAM.

Al

[gjohnson]

Allan,
Not to bash vendors, but check out kit quality of Bill Griggs models on Ezone first. An earlier version of the Tiny kit from Todd Long was manufactured by Griggs. Apparently parts were missing, quality wasn't that high, and people were not happy. The Tiny kit is now manufactured by someone else and people are now happy with its quality. Anyway, seeing those posts raised a red flag with me. I don't know anything about any of the other Bill Griggs kits. Maybe they are excellent.

In terms of the Flitter, it is reviewed in next month's edition of RCMicroflight (preview section). You've probably already seen it.

If you are interested in that type of flying wing, there are two sizes of Tom Hunt's Ellipstik that Northeast Sailplane carries in ARTF form. I have read that these are a blast to fly, and can even handle a moderate breeze. Problem is they come with a 280 size motor, and may not be appropriate for a GWS motor.

BTW, http://eam.net/ is the path to Electro Aero Modeling USA site if anyone doesn't know it.

--Gordon

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[pease1]

See my post in the Photos forum - My Flitter-B is awaiting a maiden flight....

[Buddly6]

AND griggs screws up his shipping. I didnt recieve a little DC1717 from him for 2 months becuase he FORGOT TO SEND IT :mad:

[pease1]

Well, EAM's service on this order was good. I got my order in 4 days from the time I ordered it from the website. The Flitter-B I ordered was a bagged kit containing foam parts and it was packaged good enough to get it from Texas to New Hampshire undamaged.
Had I known at the time how to order direct from the manufacturer I would have tried that.

One thing that would be interesting is a Flitter-B with another bay - wider span. It would lose a lot of maneuverability, but with a folding prop it might be quite the nice floater!