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nitro foam trainer? - 12/9/2012 12:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		about 10 years ago, my uncle got into this hobby. His first airplane was a hand launch foam nitro plane. It had a blue plastic body and foam wings. it was a 4 channel.

i cannot find anything like this anymore. does anyone know of anything similar to this that is currently out?

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RE: nitro foam trainer? - 12/9/2012 2:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi there - off hand, the model that comes to mind is the Multiplex Magister. It was available with a electric power set-up, but was also designed for glow. It was a bigger model, so I'm not sure if it was launchable by hand, though.

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RE: nitro foam trainer? - 12/22/2012 3:46 AM   
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about 10 years ago, my uncle got into this hobby. His first airplane was a hand launch foam nitro plane. It had a blue plastic body and foam wings. it was a 4 channel.

i cannot find anything like this anymore. does anyone know of anything similar to this that is currently out?


The list of foam hand launched electric powered planes is HUGE.  I have no idea what would be available in nitro.   Can you give us some more information?  About about some idea of size.

6 ounces?
6 pounds?

1 foot wing span?
5 foot wing span?


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RE: nitro foam trainer? - 12/22/2012 5:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Maybe he means "foam core wings" not a foam Nitro plane.



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RE: nitro foam trainer? - 12/22/2012 6:14 AM   
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Maybe he means ''foam core wings'' not a foam Nitro plane.



Back in the '70s and to around 1990 there was a company out in California that produced a number of foam molded wing, molded fuselage and tail surface models.
They were in the 50" w/s sizes. I liked them for a quick machine to put together and PAINT IT WHATEVER COLOR YOU WANTED IT TO BE. There were some very good polyureathane paints back then. Government stopped all that good stuf. I flew a Spitfire for some years. There was a Piper Cub that was an excellent Trainer. It was as good as the Sig Cadet. The models were light and thus low load on the wings. .25 to .40 worked well.

They just had some problems getting Hobby Shops to stock them and thus meeting demands. Last I heard of the company, they were doing some business through some company down in, IIRC, Tuscon, AZ.

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RE: nitro foam trainer? - 12/22/2012 7:39 AM   
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Status: online 		I also remember the line (now long gone) that hoss is talking about and it included a bananza and a cessna 150. I flew the 150 a lot and recall it as being a rather poor flyer as a forty class airplane.

'Dark' my recommendation to you if you want to learn how to fly is decide if you want glow or electric. If you want to learn on glow then go the conventional trainer route as you will progress much faster and the whole durability idea of foam in a glow powered airplane is not its all made out to be.

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RE: nitro foam trainer? - 12/24/2012 6:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you for the input. I think it is what hoss it talking about. now come to think of it, it was in the early 90's. I have been using the sim for some time now. looks like i will get the flyzone sensie trainer to start off with and probably order a pt-40 around feb-march and have that ready for summer.

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RE: nitro foam trainer? - 12/24/2012 6:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		Called something like SureFlight? Smaller foam planes were the Ranger 42 and Enya had a 15 size as Kraft that could be made 4 channel. Lanier had plastic and foam.

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