Details

The Cermark Spitfire comes with just about everything you need except for the engine, radio, prop and fuel tubing. It is a well-made ARF with a pre-finished fiberglass fuselage with molded fin and detailed panel lines and rivets, detachable flush-fitting fiberglass cowl and separately fitted (not molded in) Merlin exhaust stacks. It has a built-up balsa elevator, rudder and wings. The Spitfire comes painted with a matt-finish olive drab and gray camouflage color scheme. The flying surfaces are covered with matching camouflage Oracover and the color match is perfect. All decals and markings are applied. The wings are fitted out for the “air up, spring down” retracts included in the kit

Designed around a 60-90 2-stroke or 4-stroke engine, the MkIX weighs in with a flying weight of around 9-10lbs depending on engine choice.

Due to a lightweight design for its size, the  MkIX is very easy and forgiving to fly. It has no vices such as tip stalling, and results in an aircraft that feels very comfortable and safe to fly - not always a trait associated with scale Spitfires. For our test model we chose a .91 4-stroke which enabled us to retain most of the scale cowl outline by hiding most of the silencer within the cowl which is always difficult with a Spitfire, resulting in a more scale like profile.