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Old 08-28-2011 | 02:50 PM
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Hi,

I have looked high and low all over the internet and can't seem to find any kits that I really like. Does anyone one know of a good website for RC Airplane kits. A nice bunch of kits that will take a while to make. Once I do that I want to start gettng into designing my own, I actually started designing one.

If anyone knows of some good RC airplane kits please post a link or something so I know where to go.

Thank you in advance!!!!
Old 08-28-2011 | 02:54 PM
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Here's one I started but not sure what I want to make most of the plans from, I mean material.


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Check out Tower Hobbies. I don't know what your building or flying skills are but Tower has kits that will fit the bill. Other sources for kits are Sig and Balsa USA.

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Old 08-28-2011 | 03:12 PM
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http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4537845/tm.htm
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Yes I'm going to be picky : What you listed as a back wing is the " horizontal stabilizer " , the back wing elevator is just the "elevator " , what you listed as the rudder is the " vertical stabilizer " and what you listed as the rudder aileron is just the " rudder ". Hope this helps in your venture , you need correct nomenclature if you are going to design kits for other folks to build. I didn't comment about the " front wing " or " back wing "~~ you can do a little research on your own to correct them . I hope this will help in the future . ENJOY !!! RED
Old 08-28-2011 | 04:28 PM
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Thank you for the great advice. I really want to get good at this hobby. To me it seems to be much more than a hobby.

Any other words of wisdom are welome as well. If I don't have somethign spelled correctly or it's called somethign else I want to know.

I thank you and all the other guys that have helped me to learn this hobby.
Old 08-28-2011 | 04:41 PM
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Another thing I like about this hobby is there are a lot of things to know, so we have a sort of stairway to climb and there's always going to be a new challenge. I think that's my driving force is the challenge.

Thank you all once again. I alwasy get great answers from this forum!!!!
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I normally buy traditional kits, like those from:<div>
</div><div>http://sigmfg.com/    </div><div>
</div><div>http://www.carlgoldbergproducts.com/ </div><div>
</div><div>http://www.balsausa.com/     </div><div>
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</div><div>Recently, however, I have been thinking about getting an electric model to fly for fun, and there are several good sites that I have come across:</div><div>
</div><div>http://www.alienaircraft.com/</div><div>
</div><div>http://www.mountainmodels.com/</div><div>
</div><div>http://www.stevensaero.com/</div>
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The age of building is on the wane. There aren't too many kits available that are easy to build. Some of the better ones are from Sig and Tower, but they are few and Sig only has more of them because of problems with their ARFs

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I want to start a project I know will take years and will be a scratch build.  I want to build a Boeing 737 commercial liner.  Does anyone know where I can get plans for this?
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Brian, click the link in my signature. It has lots of good info for the beginner
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Go back to your roots and build from a set of good plans. There are alot of them out there and it really is not that hard and is alot of fun. Plus you know what you have when you are finished which goes with a certain amount of pride that you did it.

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Thanks for all the links and help from everyone!!!!!! You guys are great!!!!

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