Park fighters

If you've ever dreamed of re-creating a WW II air battle in your backyard-and let's face it, who hasn't?here's your chance. The folks at Sky Hooks & Rigging may have created their new line of S400 warbirds especially for dogfight lovers like us. These ffX Park Fighters have a 31-inch wingspan, weigh about 16 ounces read to fly and are designed to run on Speed 400 motors. Available as a Japanese Zero, a P-51B Mustang, a P-40 Warhawk and an ME-109, the planes are constructed entirely of balsa and medium-density foam and are covered with light fiberglass cloth for a structural skin. The planes come with all of the necessary hardware. The models are available as kits only ($65) and as package deals ($225) that include everything you need to get them in the air except glue, paint, a charger and a transmitter.

Backyard combat isn't the only dream of mine that the folks at Sky Hooks have been busy fulfilling. How would you like a receiver and speed control in one small package? The Sky Hooks & Rigging RX72-N Hybrid is unique in that it's actually a receiver with a speed control built tight into the unit The seed-control feature has selectable throttle cutoff points and can draw up to 7 amps of continuous current. The receiver has single-channel discrimination, so it automatically reads which transmitter you are using and where the throttle should be. The entire unit weighs 5.5 grams and sells for $135.

Sky Hooks & Rigging 2206 Towne Blvd., Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6H 5H4; (905) 257-2101; fax (905) 257-0168; www.microrc.com.

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