Originally Posted by
Henke Torphammar
Henke, yes, but these models' pricing are totally unreasonable for non-EU buyers. The little balsa T-33 is €1,500 and that is minus jet pipe and shipping to U.S. By the time it is here, 2,500 USD. That is crazy. And to boot, these are not exciting models.
I will bash a Phoenix Gripen long before I buy these. What we need are more military airframes in the 72" (1.8M) range. F-104, F-106, F-105, Mirage, Rafale, SU-27, F-16, Mig-21, A-7 and so on. Basically, take a page from Freewing and build some composite (or balsa) for turbine.