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Plans for "Super Sinbad " ? - 8/13/2002 7:37:40 AM   
mike912e


 

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Status: offline 		Do any of you " oldtimers " know where I can get a copy of the Super Sinbad plans ? I have a copy of the Sinbad plans but it's not as pretty in my opinion.

Thanks and what a great forum. Easytiger, appreciate your information as well as everyone elses.

Contact me directly if you want at : [email]mike912e@yahoo.com[/email]

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What ever Happened to...... - 8/13/2002 5:34:46 PM   
DICKEYBIRD



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Status: offline 		Hi Mike,

I think Mr. CoosBayLumber has plans & laser cut parts available for the Super Sinbad. I've seen his CAD work and it's impeccable. I think you oughta build it so I can see one again. Haven't seen one since about 1964, I think.

HTH
Milton

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Super Sinbad - 8/13/2002 7:47:26 PM   
CoosBayLumber


 

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Status: offline 		The Super Sinbad repro was sold to Bob Holman about two months ago. He has the two channel version and laser cut parts. Contact him via [url]www.bhplans.com[/url] as they are not all that expensive.

The single channel version plan is available for free download at the Jo Jusko branch of the Fort Worth Model A/C club.

Wm.

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CoosBayLumber - 8/14/2002 12:07:47 AM   
BentBalsa


 

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About that Kit cutter of several years ago / problems - is one in the same.

Jim

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What ever Happened to...... - 8/14/2002 3:50:26 AM   
EASYTIGER


 

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Status: offline 		Sounds fine, Bill. I'm not in a big hurry for a navigator, but do forward my request to whomever is doing it.

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Jin- the Balsabender - 8/14/2002 5:47:28 AM   
CoosBayLumber


 

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Status: offline 		Jim:

You got me lost.

Could be the web, but I lost track of your interest as to the cutter.

Say again.



And hey, are any of you having trouble with Yahoo lately? Past ten days it has been really slow. Takes 5-10 minutes just to read the first two e:mail messages, and the computer locks up upon exiting. I have three friends with same problem and Yeyhoo has nothing mentioned as to problems with G.P.F. etc.




Wm.

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Coos - 8/14/2002 7:05:02 AM   
BentBalsa


 

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Status: offline 		Quite a while back in a different form we discussed a large model you were selling
If I can find your off site email I will get a little more specific

Was a large kit someone cut and was not correct and missing parts you were selling around 500.00 I think



Jim
C.F.I.T.

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What ever Happened to...... - 8/14/2002 9:34:22 PM   
F106A



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Status: offline 		Hi,
Years ago I called JETCO about getting a kit for the Piper Supercruiser. Bill Dean answered the phone and said there were no more kits, he was getting out, but would send me whatever parts for the Piper, Cessna and Rearwin he had, since he wanted to get rid of it all. I got two Rearwin boxes loaded with cowls, l/g wire, die cut sheets and plans. There wasn't enough of anything (lots of duplicate parts) to make a complete kit, but most of it was there and I could certainly make a model from it.
Also, Phil Kraft retired around the time that Futaba was coming into the US and sold his company. I bought my 1st Kraft in 1969 for $350, which was the going price until Futaba came in around '77 and cut the prices in half. Phil was the buisness man, Cliff Wierick was the engineer, he holds (held?) the patent for the feedback system that is the basis for proportional systems. I forgot who Kraft sold out to, but I know part of the deal was that the employees couldn't be let go for two years. Kraft is still around making controllers (sticks) for some type of cranes, still at their same location.
Anyone know whetever happened to "Charlie", Cliffs wife? What a wedding that was, covered in all the modelling mags at the time. I heard they divorced but not sure. I know that Cliff passed away several years ago.
Jon

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Jon & Jim - 8/15/2002 8:37:09 AM   
CoosBayLumber


 

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Status: offline 		Jim:

Must be thinking of some one else, as I cannot remember ever offering to sell a full kit (nor a portion) for about $500. I only seel two kits, and they are no where near that figure. Most high priced things I have been involved with are now being produced by Bob Holman.




Jon:

It is the the cowls, the L.G. and the plans which are the hard things to come upon anymore. May seem different, but ehwood is actually the easier part now with all the computer era machine tools. If the parts are still available, it would be nice to reproduce a few genuine Jetco Rearwin Speedsters.


Wm.

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What ever Happened to...... - 8/15/2002 9:45:26 AM   
EASYTIGER


 

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Status: offline 		Jon...are you sure it was as late as 77? I though Futaba had made major inroads into America in the early seventies?
By the way, your F86D has a half-dozen flights on it...

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CoosBayLumber - 8/15/2002 5:54:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		This was around March 2002 and it was a partially build up aircraft

I have sent you email off site if it is not than I may have the wrong person and I apologize

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/tm.asp?m=15199

Partially built as you will see in the photos. 141" span, Century Jet gear (nib), glass cowls and all the plastic. All ribs, bulkheads are there, some sticks and sheeting are missing. I can't tell what all is missing but it seams everytime I need it, its not in the box. I would guess around $50 to $60 in replacement wood. To be all honest, this is a poorly cut kit and does in my opinion have some design flaws where mods will be needed. It is truely a builders kit that I was building for another. Not worth what I was charging and the owner understands. So I am on to The Meister Zero for him. Not worth my time to crate and ship so please don't ask. It is a must pick up do to size. $1300 invested, $500 OBO, no trades unless you have an engine that will fit a 108" Zero.

chook has attached this image (click for full size):



Last edited by chook on 04-02-2002 at 8:10 PM



Sorry looks like I got the names mixed up

Thanks
Jimm

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What ever Happened to...... - 8/15/2002 8:30:41 PM   
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I'm not sure. I worked in a hobby shop for several years until 1974. I know I bought a Kraft KP-7Z, the finest transmitter I've ever owned, around '73 or '74. It had Pro Line open sticks, Kraft electronics and crossed trims, which are SOOOO nice. Wish I could still use it. I never could figure out why no one makes a TX w/crossed trims. Oh well....
I remember when Futaba started to come into the US everyone laughed and, for the price, thought it had to be junk. Maybe Kraft went out earlier than '77, I know there was a gradual decline for Kraft as the imports came in. I held out as long as I could until the technology was just too old. I know Phil retired and was into full scale aerobatics and Cliff owned a Pitts and one of those miniature homebuilt warbirds, a Corsair I think. I still have most of my Kraft servos, still work fine, including my 2 KPS-16's from my late, lamented Stafford B-24, they're just a little slow. Don't use them though, as there doesn't seem to be a source for the wiper arms, the little carbon "nib" is worn away on most.
Glad to hear the "Dog" is flying. I just didn't have any interest in ducted fan when turbines came out, so I'm glad it has a happy home. The SIX is coming along, just seems a bottomless pit you throw money into. Going to build a VAMPIRE this winter and use it as a turbine trainer. Also going to build a 1.5 size Trixter Beam for my grandson as a trainer.
Jon

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Futaba - 8/16/2002 5:24:27 AM   
CoosBayLumber


 

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Status: offline 		W-A-Y back when, I took loose the case on my MRC transmitter as something was rattling around in there. Most everything had Futaba labels, including the meter. I did some checking at that time, and no one had heard of Futaba.

I don't think Futaba imported anything under theirown label until the mid-1970's, but was thinking that som of the Polk's stuff was built by Futaba. Have reviewed the old advertisements in my stack of old magazines, and do not see any Futaba advertisements until 1977.

I can remember going to a few scale events at Mile Square in Santa Ana Calif, during the 1970's and those who brought "other than" Kraft equipment had to have a frequency and range check before they were permitted to fly with the public around.


Who built the big single channel for Sterling in the mid-1960's?


Wm.

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What ever Happened to...... - 8/16/2002 6:03:59 AM   
EASYTIGER


 

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Status: offline 		I'll take it as 1977 for the US debut of the Futaba name, then...I stand corrected!
That's too funny about all others besides Kraft get checked! Shades of BVM jets today...for lots of guys, it's BVM, all else is trash.
Don't know who made the Sterling Command Master, great question, but it MUST have been made in Japan...

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