I've noticed this for a long time, and the big banner ad when I entered this forum reminded me again........ you guys probably think I don't have anything better to do, but have you noticed that the Nitromodels giant scale Cessna 140....isn't really a 140? All the 140's I've ever seen are tail draggers, this one at the very least is a 152, since it has tricycle gear and a rear window.

Am I wrong?

The "140" in Cessna 140 refers to the size or class of engine to be used on the plane, not the Cessna model number.

They do that with some of their warbirds too.

Nitromodels is seemingly not burdened with the niceties of numbers: some Cessnas are described as "182" followed by an engine size range, this one seems to me to be just a typical confusion on a particular 182. Some of their photos/ilustrations are less than "picky" about what they are actually depicting. One Cub model shows a picture of a full scale Cub (?).

I would be surprised to learn they knowingly labeled a Cessna 140 that was actually a 140.

The problem is with the banner. Not a big deal.

The plane is clearly labeled a Cessna 182 1.40 on the web page.

It's probably the best scale Cessna ARF produced today.

See this thread: [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5146108/mpage_1/key_CMP%2CCessna/tm.htm]Click me![/link]

Thanks, Dick, makes perfect sense now. I never pursued it any further than the banner ad. Looks like a nice plane as a 152/172.