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Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/7/2005 11:27:44 PM   
chandler_ace


 

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Status: offline 		What discontinued kits would you like to see Sig bring back? Sig produced some of the greatest kits of all time like the Komander and the Liberty Sport. I realize that a snowball has a better chance but I can dream!
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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/8/2005 12:00:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		Their old Fairchild PT-19 Kit# RC-2 designed by Chuck Hollinger.
72" wingspan just right for a nice .90 4-stroke.

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/8/2005 1:48:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Liberty Sport tops my list

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/8/2005 5:29:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		i would like to see the kommander brought back as well. i have one and the thing flies fast and aerobatic but settles in smooth for landings and such. a great second airplane if you ask me.

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/8/2005 7:36:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'd like to see the Kommander come back also. Another favorite of mine from years ago is the little Aero Bipe. I had at least 2 of them and loved that little plane.
Dennis

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/9/2005 12:51:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		The kits that I see, that appear to command top dollar are the Ryan STA and the Mustang 450. The Plastic shelled P-51, cessna 150 and 172 and chipmonk seem to not really go over well. The Morrsey Bravo is another.. is that still produced?

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/9/2005 1:03:18 PM   
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Status: online 		i think my LHS has the liberty sport bipe and the komander on the shelf.

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/11/2005 5:12:14 PM   
50%plane



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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 4/11/2005 11:03:50 PM   
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Status: online 		i went to one this weekend. he had the kougar on the shelf.

i'm pretty sure the other one has the liberty bipe still on the shelf. we could probaly get it to you. let me know.

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/1/2006 4:30:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		Chadler Ace, I am so glad you asked the question. I am looking for and think it would be nice if they came back out with the YAK 18-P! Whadaya think? That was a neat plane. I had one in 80' about fifty percent built and let it go. Man! anyone know where I can find one????
Bird.

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/3/2006 8:34:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		I too like the little Aero Bipe by Sig ..... I built and flew one in the mid seventies, it was powered with an OS Max .10 engine and used the single actuator by Rand to control all three functions (rudder / elevator / throttle) ...... I reckon this was better known as 'Galloping Ghost'! I wonder if the Sig Mfg 'Aero Bipe' plans are available out there anywhere?

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I'd like to see the Kommander come back also. Another favorite of mine from years ago is the little Aero Bipe. I had at least 2 of them and loved that little plane.
Dennis

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/8/2006 7:12:28 PM   
susquach


 

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Status: offline 		The great fly'n Sig Zlin ought to be on any list of sad departures from their offering. It was a bear on the ground for any novice, but immediately turned into a pattern ship in the air.

Would a .60 Kouger be cool??? Or maybe a .40 Kobra??? Would the Bravo have survived as a .60???

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/8/2006 7:57:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sig bought Duke Fox'es old Berkeley Kit line. I would like to see Sig produce new improved 35"-65" w/s balsa scale model kits baed on the Berkeley designs re-designed for lightness and suitable for either electric or IC power. In particular I'd like to see the Stinson Reliant, Cessna 170, Cessna Cessna L-19 Bird Dog kits and Beechcraft Bonanza's made available in laser cut format again

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/9/2006 3:44:02 AM   
Jeff Foley



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Status: offline 		Unfortunately.....I doubt you will see any kits brought back, or any new ones for that matter. The kit business as we have known it for all these years will slowly start to die out. The guys that have the ability and desire to build them are aging....and it seems like most people would rather fly than build. Thus, we have the ARF market.

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/9/2006 4:06:21 AM   
mnrcaerobat


 

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ORIGINAL: mrbigg

i think my LHS has the liberty sport bipe and the komander on the shelf.


One of my LHS's has a beautifully fully built Liberty Sport hanging for sale.

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/10/2006 1:05:15 AM   
mrbigg



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The guys that have the ability and desire to build them are aging....and it seems like most people would rather fly than build. Thus, we have the ARF market.


Get rid of the cheap labor in China and the ARF market will dry up. Then we'll have more kits.

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/10/2006 2:50:31 AM   
jlingrel


 

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Status: offline 		Thank God for kit cutters. I have been having mine cut for my by Buzz Evans. He does a hell of a job and the price is right. Got a Flea Fli I am about to build in the next few weeks he cut. Might have to do a build thread on it.

John

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RE: Discontinued Sig Kits - 5/10/2006 3:25:23 AM