Shrike 40

The Shrike 40 is one of my favorite planes. Very Fast with a Jett 46

As far as a fun to fly airplanes it is a tie between the Shrike 40 and the Diamond Dust. While the Diamond Dust may have better acceleration and vertical, the Shrike has about the same top end according to my stop watch. While working a full time job it took a little effort to have this airplane ready to fly in three weeks. The building technique was a little different but was not difficult. I consider the Shrike the coolest looking airplane I have built. This airplane has over 100 flights on it and is still alive at the time I wrote this.

Shrike 40 Launch (MPEG) 1300 KB . Powered by a Sport jett 50 and a 9x8 APC prop.

Shrike 40 fly by (MPEG) 450 KB . Other videos this day showed speeds just over 160 mph.

Shrike 40 Landing (MPEG) 900 KB . Not a hard airplane to land in the grass.