Dynam P-47D Unbox & Review - SN Hobbies

I'll keep this fairly short because there's not too much you can say about a Plug and Play foamie aside from the quality of the kit and the flight performance. Before I get started, I should say that in the time it took me to edit this video, we've already put about two dozen flights on her so we've had a chance to test out the flight performance and the retracts, etc.
This is the Plug and Play version so all you have to do is add your own radio, receiver and battery. It is also available in a Ready to Fly version.
The Dynam P-47D has a 48" (1220mm) wingspan, a 40amp esc with a 500kv motor and runs on 4s. The recommended battery is a 4s 2200 but I used a 2650 shoved all the way to the front and the CG is perfect. It comes with retracts that have yet to cause any issues (in a couple dozen flights).
It is flap ready and has cut-outs for the flap servos.
The motor, esc and prop combination that comes with this plane provide it with speeds that are in excess of scale speeds and makes it a lot of fun to fly. Not super-fast but fun fast.
The quality of this P-47D PNP is good to very good and Dynam seems to be taking it up a notch. The foam parts have been produced from very good molds. There is a reasonable level of scale detail and all of the foam bits fit perfectly and are nice and tight where they join.
The very low parts count allows you to put this ARF together faster than you can drop a hundred bucks at a hobby shop.
There were no rude surprises with the assembly and it took about the same amount of time to put on the decals as it did to put the plane together. Dynam even provides precut decals which is a treat because I hate having to cut all the decals off a decal sheet.
The prop balanced easily and they even give you a spare.
Because I fly from a grass field, I used a Popsicle stick to shim the landing gear and get a little more rake. Although this is just the unbox video, I can share with you that the gear worked flawlessly and that there were no nose overs on takeoff or landing on our grass field. Stay tuned for a video of the maiden.
Although Nav lights have been preinstalled, unlike the Ready to Fly version, you will need to add your own controller to operate the lights and step down the voltage so you don't burn out the LEDs. I would probably use the controller from the el cheapo $6 lighting system from HK.
By way of a quick summary, I would say that this one gets two thumbs up. Anyone in the market for a 48" foamie warbird might want to put this on a list of planes to consider because it stacks up very nicely against the competition, especially at its price.
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Thanks very much to Super Dave for taking the awesome in-flight still photos, to Leigh for doing the flying and to Delfin at SN Hobbies for providing this plane for review!
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The Royalty Free Music is from Jamendo.com
Artist: Zeropage
Album: Ambient Pills Update
Song Title: City Flight
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