Wings ?? Do you recognize these ???
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From: Shelby Twp.,
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Does anyone recognize this Wing set? Please see attached photo's. They appear to me to be a High Wing for a Trainer? Hobbico, SIG, Goldberg, ?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. [
]regards, zz
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From: USA, FL
if that wing is for a high wing trainer why is the servo cut out on top the wing. that is the top of the wing with the red bands??.........might be a global rcm trainer .40?????....sorry could not be more help
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From: beaverton, OR,
Unless you have that wing upside down on the table, it looks more like a LOW wing config. Possibly a Tiger 40? What is the span, the cord ?
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From: Shelby Twp.,
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Both of you guys are right! The servo bay would tell you it's a bottom Wing, to hide inside the fuse.

Tiger 40 maybe?
I'll measure the Wing and Cord today and Post the numbers. thanks again!
zz
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wow ,...with so many arfs over the years and on the market now and its hard to quess what model that wing is. is the wing from a arf?....or was it built from a kit. it looks like a goldberg falcon 56 or skylark 56 wing but the 49" wingspan disproves that.
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From: Montezuma, IA
zzw26n,
I believe the wing that you've shown in your photos is from a fairly early ARF kit called the "RED ARROW". This model was imported and sold by Cermark (Fullerton, CA) back in the mid to late 80's. The airplane had a 49" span, constant cord wing with a symetrical airfoil. It was a low-wing sport model with trike gear and was actually not all that bad looking. It was produced in Bangkok, Thailand by a company called MiniCraft. Unfortunately for you, it was long ago discontinued by Cermark. If I could have found an old ad in my magazine collection, I would have included a picture of this model with this message. But I had no luck in finding an ad. Hope this helps.
Scott Christensen
SIG Mfg. Co., Inc.
I believe the wing that you've shown in your photos is from a fairly early ARF kit called the "RED ARROW". This model was imported and sold by Cermark (Fullerton, CA) back in the mid to late 80's. The airplane had a 49" span, constant cord wing with a symetrical airfoil. It was a low-wing sport model with trike gear and was actually not all that bad looking. It was produced in Bangkok, Thailand by a company called MiniCraft. Unfortunately for you, it was long ago discontinued by Cermark. If I could have found an old ad in my magazine collection, I would have included a picture of this model with this message. But I had no luck in finding an ad. Hope this helps.
Scott Christensen
SIG Mfg. Co., Inc.
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Funny you posted a picture of the low wing Red Arrow. I have the high wing trainer version made by MiniCraft (I guess there were two versions of the Red Arrow from the same company). Its a mid to late 80's ARF with the exact same trim scheme shown on the wing you posted (even the same text style). It has a flat bottom airfoil and its a sheeted foam wing. If you go to [link]http://www.minicrafthobby.com[/link] you can see a picture of the Simpli-Fly 40. It looks exactly like the Red Arrow I have sitting in my barn except for the covering scheme. I wish I could tell you how it flys but I havent flown it yet. I built it about 10 years ago but never got around to flying it. Now i'm getting back into the hobby and its on my list of planes to fly as a first gas aliern trainer. From what I remember it went together fairly well, aspecially for a very early ARF. Ill take a picture of it if i remember tomorrow. I even think I still have the origional box.
I need to go through all the old planes I have lying around. Anyone ever hear of a "sporty 40"? (you don't need to answer that)
Matt
I need to go through all the old planes I have lying around. Anyone ever hear of a "sporty 40"? (you don't need to answer that)
Matt





