The Canadair 415 comes very well packaged is a sturdy cardboard box, and lifting the lid reveals all items individually wrapped and secured. It's no surprise then that everything survived the long trim without any sign of damage.
The Canadair is supplied ARF, so motors, ESC's and servos need to be provided. Also, there's no ESC lead included either, so I'd suggest getting an ESC set to avoid a lot of trouble.
The main components, wings and fuselage, are all very nicely moulded and come already painted and with decals applied. This being my first experience with EPS (polystyrene as opposed to polyolefin EPO), the delicateness of the foam and slightly dusty finish are a little disappointing, but everything is nevertheless of a good level of finish.
The wings have integrated plywood joining spars, but strengthening comes from strut wires attached to plywood mounts on the side of the fuselage. As this is not part of the actual plane I'm planning to add carbon wing joiners to avoid the bracing wire.
The kit provides stick motor mounts, literally short pieces of square dowel to fit into the nacelles, but no mount is provided to fit the motor to the stick.
The battery compartment is located in the cockpit area, with generous amounts of room and a pre-installed plywood tray with a battery strap. There's also heaps of room back in the fuselage for installing the receiver and ESC's.
The tail sections need to be glued in place; a tube of glue is provided but I think I might use superglue to be sure of the bond. Note that, this being EPS, you'll need foam-safe glue to avoid melting the foam...
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