http://www.carlgoldbergproducts.com/.../gbga1086.html

After w8ye posted the pictures I have a theory. Could it be a bashed Sr Falcon? The fuse has been flipped and shortened, the wing is straight with a a rib dropped and the rudder has been used. The horizontal stab has been built up using 1/4 sq rather than the airfoil stab of the original. It just a theory.

I've seen the plane before but it has been so many years, I cannot remember the name. It was a brand name kit at the time.

Seems like the olriginal was done up in a US military scheme?

EDIT: Here's what I was thinking was a Top Flite Contender but that is not it either after comparing details

http://www.top-flite.com/airplanes/topa0210.html

Certainly is a summation of pattern lines of that era?

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I just keep looking at that wing. The tip and the airfoil shape reminds me of my first rc plane. It's been 35+ plus years, but you never forget your first.

Now I've dtermined I'm wrong. I forgot that the Goldberg wing was not sheeted forward of the spar. I guess nothing is as we remember it. Sigh................

are there any part numbers visible on any fuse formers or wing ribs?if not could be built from plans .

i can look.... im gonna send this thread to a fellow RC veteran Jim Marshall...He is the club expert.

I ought take some more pics of it in good lighting conditions....


He said it may be World Engines Hawk 460, a Bridi Quickee 500 (club racer), , or a scratch built ..i guess ill let this thread rest and enjoy my "new" plane...I put in digital std servos (821's) and a trusty OS 61 SF w/tuned pipe

Edit i did a quick search here and its neither model mentioned above ..... ohh well

That's the model I'm thinking of, I'm sure. It was a cod F86 a-like.

Thought it was time to re-post the original so we had a comparison for there is certainly some F86 shape to it
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Picture copied from E-bay:

Oooh, one with a big schnozz.

No, I didn't mean it actually was an F86, it just sort of looked like it.

Is the yellow wing stripe painted or a decal? If it is a decal, maybe that will help with identification.
(That yellow trim pattern on the wing does ring a bell, but I cant remember who it is at the door!)