Thumbs Up Century !!!
This is a semi scale ARF kit from Century.
When I received this kit, I was amazed with all the detailed work on the tail boom and
bubble canopy. It's all aluminum and welded. It only took a second to install this boom.
Not like the Hirobo Lama which is made out of plastic and aluminum, which you have
to put together. This one from Century is done for you and it's even painted nicely in Daytona yellow.
I was spoiled by the Century Twin-Star kit that I built a month ago. That NBC Twin-Star
took me five hours, so I was a little worried that it would have taken me much longer
to build this Bell 47G II®. What a surprised once I started to build this one!
This kit took me less than four hours to build and I spent more time trying to find
and decide which engine and servos to use.
The most time consuming was to install (gluing) the bubble canopy, make sure you
follow the instructions. They call for bending the corner on the clear canopy prior
to gluing together. I skipped this procedure thinking of it wasting time. Boy what a
mistake I made since I spent more time trying to put this canopy together. I spent
almost an hour for nothing, so I finally gave up and started putting those bends
around the edges of the clear canopy. Voila.... so easy, less than 10 minutes.
Uh... I can kick myself.
Prior to gluing this canopy, I thought the canopy was flimsy, but once I glued them
together, oh boy.. it's so solid like a rock. Here you go again Century. Two thumbs up for you!
I test flew this machine when the wind was about 25-30 mph. It hovers solid, but I
did not have a chance to fly it around until this morning. When I went to fly just behind
my house here, I managed to fly around while my wife took the pictures. Boy it flies
very nice, solid, and stable. The Century 50 size scale mechanics proove it again.
It looks very nice and the bubble canopy looks great.
-Handi
Bell 47G II Green Home
