Muroc1

I'm not sure where to put this, but I have been putting together a list of companies that make RC products here in the USA. I figure the Kit building forum would be a good as place as any since many of us are buying stuff from these places anyway. If you see some that I have missed, please let me know and I'll add them.

Thanks,

Frank

American Made RC Products
If it's made in America it's below

Balsa Kits/Planes

Aero Craft Limited… www.aerocraftrc.com/index.php
Aerodrome R/C… www.aerodromerc.com/
Aerotech R/C Models… www.aerotech-rcmodels.com/
Arizona Modelcrafters… www.arizonamodels.com/
Balsa USA… www.balsausa.com/html/index.html
Blazing Wings… www.blazingwings.com/
BJMR Models… www.bmjrmodels.com/rccatalog.cfm
BlueJay Airplane Kits… www.bridiairplanes.com/
Bruce Tharpe Engineering… www.btemodels.com/
BSD Micro RC… www.bsdmicrorc.com/
Carden Aircraft… www.carden-aircraft.com/
Concept Models… www.mailbag.com/users/conceptmodels/
Custom Airframes of America… www.customairframes.com/
Dare Design and Engineering… www.darehobby.com/
Diamond Dust RC… www.diamonddustrc.com/
DJ Aerotech… www.djaerotech.com/
Dumas Models… www.dumasestore.com/
Dynaflite… www.dynaflite.com/
Early R/C Models… www.earlyrcmodels.com/
Electric Aero Modeling… www.eam.net/
Electroflying Models… www.electroflying.com/
Fox Lite Models… www.foxlitemodels.com/
Fun Aero R/C www.funaero.com/
G&L Hobbies… www.glhobbies.com/
G & P Sales… www.rcairplane.net/
Guillow's Models… www.guillow.com/
Hobby Hangar… www.hobbyhangar.com/
House of Balsa… www.houseofbalsa.com/
Ikon Northwest… www.ikonnwst.com/
Iron Bay Model Company… www.ironbaymodelcompany.com/
Jtech Laser… www.jtechlaser.com/
K&A Models… www.kamodels.com/
Kalteisen Aircraft… www.kalteisen.com/
Manzano Laser Works… www.manzanolaser.com/
Meister Scale… www.meister-scale.com/
Midwest Products… www.midwestproducts.com/
Millennium RC… www.millenniumrc.com/
Mountain Models/Laser Arts… www.mountainmodels.com/
Ohio Model Products… www.ohiomodelplanes.com/
Northest Aerodynamics Inc…. www.ne-aero.com/home.html
Precision Aviation Designs… www.bobflies.com/
Proctor Enterprises… www.proctor-enterprises.com/
Radical RC… www.radicalrc.com/
Savage Light Industries… www.savagelight.com/
Scale Aero… www.scaleaero.com/buyaero.htm
SIG Manufacturing… www.sigmfg.com/
SkyBench Aerotech… www.skybench.com/
SR Batteries… www.srbatteries.com/kits.htm
Stevens AeroModel… www.stevensaero.com/home.php
SwanysHouse… www.swanyshouse.com/
T&J Models… www.tnjmodels.rchomepage.com/
Team Duster Designs… www.teamduster.com/
TMRC Sailplanes… www.tmrcsailplanes.com/
Top-Flite… www.top-flite.com/airplanes/gold-kits
Top Notch Products Co…. www.topnotchkits.com/
Warbird kits… www.warbirdkits.com/
Wingspan Models… www.wingspanmodels.com/
Yellow Aircraft International… www.yellowaircraft.com/
Zeke's Park Scale Models… www.parkscalemodels.com/shop/

Foam Kits/Planes/Wings

2DogRC… www.2dogrc.com
3D Foamy… www.3dfoamy.com/
6mmFly RC… www.6mmflyrc.com/
Alpha Foamies… www.alphafoamies.com/
BSD Micro RC… www.bsdmicrorc.com/
Budget R/C… www.budgetrc.com/
Charger RC… www.chargerrc.com/
Dr Johns Laser Services… www.drjohnslaser.com/
DW Foamie… www.dwfoamies.com/
Electronic Foam Models… www.e-foamies.com/
Eureka Aircraft Co…. www.eurekaaircraft.com/
Insane Foamies www.insanefoamies.com/
JK Aerotech... www.jkaerotech.com/
Fancy Foam… www.fancyfoam.com
Keith Sparks… www.parkflyerplastics.com/
Leading Edge Gliders… www.leadingedgegliders.com/
Model Aero… www.modelaero.com/
Peck Polymers… www.peck-polymers.com/
Polecat Aero… www.polecataero.com/products
Rabid Models… www.rabidmodels.com/
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RiteWingRC… www.ritewingrc.com/
SpeedWings… www.speedwing.net/index.php
Steelhead Products… www.steelheadproducts.com/
SuperFly RC… www.superflyrc.com/
Trick R/C… www.zagi.com/
TufFlight… www.tufflight.com/home.html
Wing Manufacturing… www.wingmfg.com/
Wing Warrior… www.hobbypeople.net
Wowplanes… www.wowplanes.com/
YardBird RC… www.yardbirdrc.com/

Combat Airplanes

TreneffRC… www.treneffrc.com/

Airplane Parts and Pieces

APC Propellers… www.apcprop.com/
Dave Brown Products… www.dbproducts.com/
Dubro… www.dubro.com/
E-Flightline… www.e-flightline.com/gearboxes
Fiberglass Specialties… www.fiberglassspecialtiesinc.com/
Keleo Creations… www.keleo-creations.com/
LADO Technologies… www.lado-tech.net/
Maiden Model Products… www.maidenusammp.com/
Model Electronics Corp… www.modelelectronicscorp.com/
Model Machining Service… www.innerdemon.com/id48.html
Precision Fiberglass Products… www.precision-fiberglass-prod.com/
RC Super Gear… www.rcsupergear.com/
Sierra Giant Scale… www.sierragiant.com/
Spring Air Products… www.retracts.com/
Stan's Fiber Tech… www.stansfibertech.com/
Sullivan Products… www.sullivanproducts.com/
TnT Landing Gear Products… www.tntlandinggear.com/
Williams Brothers Plastic Models… www.williamsbrothersmodelproducts.com/
Windsor Propeller Company… www.masterairscrew.com/
Xoarprops… www.xoarprops.com/
Zinger Props… www.zingerpropeller.com/

Sailplanes

Pacific Sailplanes www.pacificsailplanes.com/

Jets

Bob Violett Models… www.bvmjets.com/
Century Jet Models Inc... www.centuryjet.com./
Electric Jet Factory… www.ejf.com/
Jet Hangar Hobbies… www.jethangar.com/
Rich Uravitch… www.richuravitch.com/
TeeRific Jet Models… www.terrificjets.com/
Tom Cooks Jet Model Products… www.jetmodelproducts.com/

Plans/Building Services/LASER Cutting

AMA Plans Services… www.modelaircraft.org/plans.aspx
A.R.D…. www.ardmodels.com/
Bob Holman Plans… www.bhplans.com/
Dynamic Balsa… www.dbalsa.com/
Laser Lizard… www.laserlizard.com/
Lazer Works… www.lazer-works.com/
Nick Ziroli Plans www.ziroliplans.com/
Pat's Custom Models… www.patscustom-models.com
Precision Cut Kits… www.precisioncutkits.com/
Small Flying Arts… www.smallflyingarts.com/
Wings on the Web… www.wingsontheweb.com/

Building Supplies

Bad Brad Graphics… www.badbradgraphics.com/
Callie Graphics… www.callie-graphics.com/
Kirby Kustom Graphics… www.angelfire.com/oh2/kirbysgraphics/
Lonestar Balsa… www.lonestar-balsa.com/
Mercury Adhesives… www.mercuryadhesives.com/
Pink-It... www.pink-it.net/
Vinyl For RC… www.vinylforrc.com/

Electronics

C-Tronics Inc…. www.c-tronicsinc.com/
Canuck Engineering… www.canuckengineering.com/
CamLight Systems… www.camlight.com/
Castle Creations… www.castlecreations.com/
Dimension Engineering… www.dimensionengineering.com/
ElectroDynamics… www.electrodynam.com/
Hansen Hobbies... www.hansenhobbies.com/
Kool Flight Systems… www.koolflightsystems.com/
Medusa Research… www.medusaproducts.com/
Tejera Microsystems Eng Inc… www.tmenet.com/xtrema.htm
Winged Shadow… www.wingedshadow.com/

Engines

Davis Diesel Development… www.davisdieseldevelopment.com/
Desert Aircraft… www.desertaircraft.com/
Fox Engines… www.foxmanufacturing.com/
Jett Engineering… www.jettengineering.com/
K&B Manufacturing… www.mecoa.com/index1.htm
Taurus Engines… www.taurus-engines.com/

Motors

AstroFlight… www.astroflight.com/
CustomCDrom… www.customcdr.com/
Hoffman Magnetics Inc… www.hoffmanmagnetics.com/
MicroDan Brushless Motors… www.gobrushless.com/shop/
Model Airplane Engineering… www.m-a-e.com/
Neu Motors… www.neumotors.com

Software

Knife Edge Software… www.knifeedge.com/

Other

Ace Sim RC… www.acesim.com/
Askman AP… www.askmanap.com/
LiPoSack.com… www.liposack.com/
Pilot Portraits… www.mikebrentart.com/pilotportraits.html
Progressive R/C… www.progressiverc.com/RCStyx.html
Wild R/C Inc…. www.wildrc.com/

Tools



Repair Centers

Radio South… www.radiosouthrc.com/

Autogyros/Helicopters

Flying Balsa… www.flyingbalsa.com/Homepage
Lite Machines… www.litemachines.com/

Ground Vehicles

Axon Racing Systems… www.axonracing.com/catalog/

Note: Not all the items sold by the above vendors are made in the USA. Some of the vendors also sell products made beyond our borders.

Honorable Mentions

These are companies here in the USA that design, manufacture and/or assemble their products here in the US. Due to some components in their products that are made outside of our borders, they cannot be mentioned on the list above.

Eagle Tree Systems… www.eagletreesystems.com/
FMA Direct… www.fmadirect.com/

Muroc1

I just received an email from Eagle Tree Systems. I have to remove them from the list.

Frank

Live Wire

Now if you can get people to buy from them it would make a difference in the local hobby.
You bet when they manufacture things cheeper some where else why support local
This is an expensive hobby and people go where they can get the cheepest price not the best product on the market. Money is no object to some Just pull out the old CREDIT CARD and go for it

Muroc1

I was actually surprised that there were SO many RC product makers in the USA. Some of those companies make some darn awesome stuff. If you have some time to browse, check them out. I'm sure many folks will be impressed.

Frank

vicman

My Feedback: (10)

Wing MFG

smithcreek

My Feedback: (25)

You skipped a couple of the big boys, Top Flite and Great Planes.

darrolair

G&L Hobbies
Carden Aircraft
Precision Aviation Design (Bobflies.com)
Aerotech

Muroc1

Got it. Thanks!

Frank

Muroc1

Do they still have stuff made here in the USA? I thought all their stuff was now made overseas?

Thanks,

Frank

Muroc1

Got them, thanks! Thanks also to the link for PAD. I don't think I would have figured that one out.

Frank

abufletcher

Hmmm...so should I, an American, be supporting the US RC industry...or the Japanese RC industry (which is one tiny part of the national economy which pays my salary). And am unpatriotically promoting the Germany RC industry by building prototypes for Chris (a half-Brit/Half-German) at CD ScaleDesigns and preferring the designs to any 1/6 scale WWI kits available in the US?

Quandaries aside, thanks for taking the time to put this list together.

vicman

My Feedback: (10)

We decide who we want to support by where we spend our dollars.

smithcreek

My Feedback: (25)

The kits are still made in the USA. ARFs are from overseas of course.

Balsawings

Kirby Kustom Graphics of Lebanon Ohio.

http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/kirbysgraphics/


Bob

LaCerne

My Feedback: (16)

Bridi by Blue Jay Airplane Kits http://www.bridiairplanes.com/

Just bought some of their nicely done kits!

Nathan_L

Ziroli plans.

http://www.ziroliplans.com/

Hemikiller

My Feedback: (125)

A couple more....

http://savagelight.com/
http://www.pacificsailplanes.com/
http://www.ne-aero.com/
http://www.davisdieseldevelopment.com/
http://www.btemodels.com/
http://www.majordecals.com/

fordboy76

Keleo creations for airplane parts [link=http://www.keleo-creations.com/]keleo[/link]

And Meister scale

Alex7403

First it was "buy american" then it became "buy from an american" and now it seems like "buy in america" []
Sig ARF's are made in china also great planes arfs.

and i'll say this:
if retailers are buying RC stuff from china and selling it to us here why shouldn't we do the same and buy from the source???

i'm trying to buy made in u.s.a. but its not always possible nor easy, sometimes i feel that some very expensive products are being sold only because they made in the U.S.

and look at the u.s. made kit prices why are they going up exactly?

Muroc1

Wow! You guys are keeping me busy! Thanks for the additional companies.

Frank

Muroc1

They are very nice. Thanks for sharing that.

Frank

WacoNut

Here is another one, scale rib pinking tape. Gary is a great guy to deal with.
[link]http://www.pink-it.net/default.html[/link]

darrolair

Eureka Aircraft Company eurekaaircraft.com
Yellow Aircraft International

That's a really nice list you've made to find many styles and types of aircraft.
I'm sure there are more.
Good luck,
Darrol

Muroc1

Thanks Darrol, I appreciate the kind words. But, it's submissions by you and others that have helped create the list. Couldn't do it with your help.

I've added your new ones to the list.

Frank

Muroc1

Thanks WacoNut, I've added this one also.

Frank