i'm the guy who old mill was posting about losing a plane in the swamp well we found it tonight - it's an airvista from hobbico and while both wings were shredded, the fuse, engine and radio components are intact.

my question is whether/how i should go about repairing it. the model in question is discontinued and i can only find one wing panel at the mail order houses like tower, etc. could i just get a wing from something like an avistar and use that? the crash notwithstanding (i think i flew out of range in the dark), i was getting pretty bored with the super stable charisteristics of the airvista airfoil. i was thinking this might be a good opportunity the move to something slightly more aerodynamic. having said that i see that i can get the avistar at tower for like $85 - basically the price of replacement wings. would i be better just getting that and taking the guts out of the airvista or sticking with what i have and trying to find a wing somewhere?

the other caveat is that i just bought a tower .46 engine to replace the wimpy the .40la i have now in order to be able to fly it off the snow this winter with floats.

any advice is greatly appreciated.

boneman

Heyy boneman_66 , Welcome aboard..
If you are decent at building, why not build a new wing yourself..
You have the basic idea what to do by copy'n what you have in
front of you.. Make it with less diahedral, and don't make it with
as flat of a bottom on wing.. Fairly easy,, and fun to do...
However,, if you wanted,, you could call Hobbico customer
service and ask them about a replacement wing..

Robby

If I were you, I'd just move up to the next level. How about one of these? They are easy to build and only cost 80 bucks!

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1&I=LXJ564&P=0

thanks for the ideas guys. the only problem with each of them though is that i have the fever and want to fly as soon as possible heh. i'm leaning toward just getting the monokote avistar arf as it's about the same price as just ordering both wings. does anyone know if the avistar also has rubber band wings? i'd much rather have bolt on at this point . . .

the easy sport looks similar to what i was thinking about for my first kit (a winter building project) - the sig mid-star. i wish they had a .60 sized version of the mid-star. i might end up going with the venture .60 which has it's obvious connection to the mid-star and comes highly recommended.

thanks again for the help,

bm

avistar has rubber bands to hold wing..
It can be converted to bolt on..

Robby

Look int to a Carl Goldberg Tiger II Arf or Tiger 60 Arf. IMHO one of the best low wing trainers and sport fliers around. The .60 size is an absolute blast. In a light breaze they can be slowed down to a point where you can almost land with no forward speed. Turn up the juice and they will do some decent aerobatics.
I think there are a few for sale around here somewhere. I did see a Tiger II in the bones for sale, think it was for like $95.00

Go with the CG Tiger ARF,Sig Something Extra ARF,or the Sig 4* ARF,if you want to get in the air in a hurry,these will not bore you.
Have a goodun,John.

thanks guys - i appreciate all the advice - bm