Hi;Hope someone knows who made this plane bought at swap meet.Red and White Cessna Skylane!Wingspan is 65" the number on the fuselage is N757XB!I assume it is some common ARF but don't know which one.Have never tried buying parts usually seem to cost as much as new plane but the fuselage ahead of wing is a jig saw puzzle of which I have lot of very small.l parts to assemble just thinking might be easier to buy new fuselage as rest is undamaged and oit flew very well!Thanks!

That airplane is the 1/6th scale Great Planes Cessna 182 ARF. Tower hobbies still sells the ARF @ $249.99. A replacement fuselage is $89.99 and a replacement cowl is $49.99. Both parts and the complete ARF are "in stock". I have one and it is a very nice flyer. It is worth fixing if you don't need too much more than the fuselage and cowl @ $140 + shipping. What did you pay for the wreck ?

eagle 01, Bob, I got your email stating that you only paid $150 RTF for the Cessna. Is it worth fixing ??? Well on a dollar only basis it is borderline due to also needing a replacement engine as stated in your email. I would look at it on a new replacement value cost not the bargain price you got it for. That makes it a little more worth saving. Sometimes a plane is worth saving for your own personal peace of mind that "you didn't total the plane", "you only damaged it, and it's still in the fleet and is flying". If you don't have a lot of building and repairing experience behind you, then it's a good learning tool to dive in and figure out how to do it. You asked "how to get the tail feathers out of the fuselage" to reuse them. That's easy, just cut each piece out with a hack saw, hole saw, carpenters saw, dynamite, or what ever you have. Make your cut a safe 1/2" to 3/4" away from the stabilizer surfaces and after getting each part out of the fuselage trim away the remaining fuselage balsa untill only the actual horz. and vert. stab is left. clean up and sand the area to allow it to fit into the new fuselage. See this is where you are gaining knowledge and ability. You can also download an assembly manual from the Tower Hobby site to aid in reconstruction. You might want to take it on if for nothing else than a good learning project and the self satisfaction.

Larry Hi: Well went out and looked at it problem is what comes with the fuselage too,like the windows not shown on the add and they are all glued in very securely sometimes just better to cut your losses and walk away from it hate to junk one that could be repaired but by the time I scrap it out all the servos the receiver, and misc little parts won't loose to much and have so many sitting in the shop to repair,assemble or build that guess could spend the time on one of those!Would recommend it though as in my short time with it sure flew nice just make sure it picks up speed before letting it off!!I always say if it wasn't for pilot error the world would be buried under model airplanes but that keeps the count down!!Thanks for the advice it is much appreciated!Bob

OK, as you say it is sometimes better to just "cut your losses" and move on. No doubt the costs to put this one back in the air were going to add up. There are plenty more planes and "good deals" out there. Salvage what you can and reuse it in the next plane. All together now, everyone sing "another one bites the dust" !!