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Glen Pyle writes: I am so pleased with your pink foam slope plane, I feel compelled to write you. I wanted a slope plane with no concerns about wrecking it nor intense repairs to make it flyable again. This a great flyer and it even thermals, so getting crazy is easy as it is so agile in the air and lands so slowly. Finding this plane very resilient to damage when it thumps into the ground then cartwheels. At this time I leave my breakable planes home and fly this pink one.

Jim Spell of Vail Colorado called the other day with some kind words after a weekend of flying the Slope Sniper. He said he flies competition thermal planes, big expensive ones, and couldn't take them to the "slope" because the "slope" is a rocky cliff at the 5000 foot level (if I have my facts straight, if not, call me Jim). No place to set a fine ship down with out sticking a rock. He said the Sniper out-flew all the other planes there, including other fomies, in light lift or high wind it didn't matter. To say Jim was completely blown away would be an understatement.

Just to let you know that I received the Super Sniper Kit. Also, to tell you that I am impressed by how well the kit was packaged and the extreme quality of the cut foam. Great workmanship! ...... this is going to be a truly enjoyable kit to build. If you don't mind, I will give you my feedback when I build the kit as well as when I toss it on the slope. Thanks for enhancing the quality in our hobby. Ed Hazell.

........Thank you Ed and of course we are always eager to hear feedback-positive and negative because that is the way to create a better product.

This next comment came from somebody that we can't find the name for - if this is you (and you know who you are) please call and identify yourself----

Had my Super Sniper out for the first time this past Saturday and I love it! I was bungee launching it and it really rips, rolls quick and clean and my inverted flying is improving already. I even caught a thermal with it. Mine came in at 28 oz. I added a towhook plate, canopy to hide the guts and replaced the first 4" of nose with EPP and reshaped it. The CG ended up 3 1/4" back from the leading edge and could go back some more yet - I took almost all the lead I had in the nose out during trimming flights. It seems very light on its wings and recovers from stalls quickly. Tell you the truth, it floats better than my TG3 (aileron version) which was a bit of a porker. I sold my TG3 to a buddy at the field - my Sniper's more fun! Thanks again. Any ballasting tips? I need to add weight, if anything. Thanks!

----He Included this photo of his son, holding the Super. Looks great!!! ---- nice covering job too.

Bob Sigler sent us this (un-solicited) note about powering the Sniper, thought we'd pass it on because it is very entertaining. Bob is a great writer!

Although I have never owned one of your products, I have assembled two of your 1/2 A powered snipers. I was interested in your product, the slope soaring sniper actually, and suggested to a co-worker that if he was interested in maybe checking out RC planes, this would be a cheap way to give it a try, because I would loan him my two-channel radio. Well, Mike wanted something with an engine on it, so he bought the powered version, and I assembled it for him, my first foam construction, but didn't go too bad. Like you stated in the manual, kind of fun to 'freehand' the servo mounting.

After I used Mike as the guinea pig for your powered sniper, my brother bought a plane at a swap meet, and got started in RC. His plane didn't last long, and he thought he would like to try one of your powered snipers, but with some more 'ooommfff'. So I had a firewall machined out of aluminum and we mounted an OS .10 on it. He fell in love, and got to be very skilled at flying it, very quickly. But as his departure for college grew nearer and nearer, he became more and more daring. Having installed the engine with throttle, the fuse was kind of weak, and finally it gave way after too many crashes. we patched it up, using clear automotive silicone, but after his last crash, after hanging on the prop constantly having fallen in love with stalling the plane, it was just too heavy after repairs to hustle like it had when it was in pristine condition.

However, I know quite a bit more about airplanes than my brother, but still I am maybe at intermediate level. mostly messing with 1/2 A powered stuff, and getting more planes ready for other people than myself. We had a ball with the .10 powered sniper, and were kind of shooting the bull that it would be nice if you guys developed a foam plane, that could handle the extra 'hole' of the throttle servo. I told my brother Ryan that maybe he would get just as much fun by using the throttle to get altitude, then backing it down to just mush around up high instead of constantly giving me heart attacks by burning down the deck wide open. He did about the same amount of both, and loved everything about that sniper.

I just happened to log on and see that you are developing warbirds, and am very anxious to see the details on them. I've been kicking around what to get next, and now that I've seen what you guys have been fooling around with, I'm having an even harder time deciding, ha ha ha. (especially if you do a Zero, I love Zeros.)

Please drop me a line, send me some info. when you have new products ready for sale, and I'm sure my brother will be interested when I inform him of what is in store after the first of the year.

PS. Thanks again for making products that us 'practical' small engine flyers enjoy. I think you are definitely expanding in the right direction.

I had a Ninja with a foam core wing and plywood construction. This is what I tried to learn how to fly on. I have a nice little hill by my house with 10-20 mph winds blowing pretty consistently lately. I wrecked it a few times...glued it a few times..and finally gave up after destroying the plywood fuselage. Fortunately I saw your add in a magazine and decided to try the Indestructible sniper. Man, you guys weren't kidding! Second trial flight in a field behind my house...BAM! nose first straight into a wooden fence! I picked it up and threw it 20 more times that day without a scratch on it. I"ve since become very comfortable with it and let my dad and friend learn to fly on it. The best part was that I didn't worry about them tearing it up. I did have to retape the leading edge tonight but it now looks as good as new even after 3 pilots have learned to fly on it. You guys have done an outstanding job. I velcroed a .049 engine on a power pod and it ran ok. It tends to nose down under power so I'm going to mount it on the front or reverse the direction the pod is facing and go pusher style. I'll try both. I'm not afraid of hurting it anymore so its become my experimental aircraft. I'm about ready for your 1/12th scale P-51 what's Its dimensions and when will it be ready to purchase? Does it use standard radio equipment?

To: JKA

Subject: Electric Super Sniper Pictures...

Here are the pictures I promised of my Electric Super Sniper. I got in several flights on Sunday. All the flights were great, a very maneuverable plane. I need to change to a larger battery size for longer flights. The present batteries came out of a Speed 400 plane and don't last to long with the 05 motor. I only get a 2 minute run at full power. I have some 1700 SCR batteries on order, they should boost the time to around 5 minutes.

Patrick S. Breen

Sniper pilots speak out