Indoor ARF

Model Airplane News, Sep 1999 by Chianelli, Chris

While I'm not usually in the habit of showing non-R/C models in the "Scoop," Hobby Lobby's Firefly is a special case. This 7.25-inch-wingspan indoor airplane is not only capable of a 45second flight in a 10x10-foot room, but it also comes out of the box just as you see it here. That's right; ARF has entered the rubber-power arena.

Nothing at all to build; take it out of its box, attach the rubber "motor" and fly it. This balsa-and-tissue model weighs in at 2.7 grams and comes with excellent flying and flight-trimming instructions. Firefly can be loaded with more rubber bands to increase its flight duration to as long as 2 minutes.

The way things are going today, I know some of you lunatics will try to equip it with the ultra-micro R/C gear that's becoming available even as you read this. Oh, yes; the Firefly costs only $19.90!

Hobby Lobby Intl., 5614 Franklin Pike Cir., Brentwood, TN 37027; (615) 373-1444; fax (615) 377-6948; website: www.hobby-lobby.com.