Willow F3F

Willow F3F is one of the best value for money racers on the market today!

It has been brought exclusively to Sloperacer through our good friend Ian Mason.

Ian, as many will remember is the founder of Sloperacer (but has now left to do other things). Since leaving, Ian has been on a mission, some call it folly, to bring us what has become the Willow F3F!

There is a fair amount of commitment to see a project like this through. Ian has been the driving force behind the Willow, sourcing European materials and helping to set up manufacturing facilities in China. Well, it wasn’t with his commercial head that’s for sure but he had this dream of making a competition mouldy more accessible by simply making it cheaper. He wanted a retail price of just £500!

The materials used (and quantity!) is not skimped on - does anyone know how dear carbon sock is? Strength is definitely not an issue and skins are hard, even for the glass wing.

There’s a little bit more build work to do but a model can still be prepared in a week of evenings. It comes fairly complete too with hardware, ballast tube and snakes pre installed. Yes wing servo covers and little horn shrouds, are also included.

Now the design itself is unquestionably good. The wing’s plan form is inspired by championship winning models, whilst sporting a new wing section DF01. Thorough testing with pre production Beta models pleasantly surprised us all- which bearing in mind it’s pedigree is really no surprise at all. And that guys is the whole point of this story!

The flying, the strength and completeness of hardware are the main benefits. But at the price point Ian was aiming for something has to give and it’s in the finish. It isn’t the most pristine ‘mouldy’ but then it’s half the price of a top Euro glider!

So in keeping with Ian’s original goal, Sloperacer has decided to launch the Willow at a special price of £500 for the glass version! Even though the sums don’t quite add up (despite Ian being an accountant by day) it was close enough and we just couldn’t stop the man realising his dream….

There are several lay up options

Glass - £500
Carbon D Box - £565
Full Carbon - £655

Span 2.75m
Ballast 1.2kg
2.4 friendly

More details of the Willow F3F including set up information can be found here

Please visit our Accessories section for details of our recommended servos and flight pack for this model.