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MADE IN THE USA
What kits are made in the USA? Please comment on build of plane and how it flys please and thank you.
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The ones that you cut out yourself.
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Balsa USA kits are made in the US.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about them. They are supposed to be really good kits.
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whatsamadder with you Brett how could you forget. :D:D:D
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ORIGINAL: goirish whatsamadder with you Brett how could you forget. :D:D:D |
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See I forgot
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LOL[sm=thumbup.gif]
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There is a similar thread in the ARF forum
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8622715 Some of the links are actual manufacturers and others are dealers for one or more manufacturers. Some make/sell only ARFs and others have a big selection of products. A lot of them have a mixture of USA and imported items. Most of the kits I have personally seen were made in USA and all of the ARFs I have personally seen were made in China or Vietnam. I know some kits are made in the UK and I assume there are some made in other places. I have built the following kits: > Great Planes PT-60. Easy build, good durable trainer. Flies like just about every other 60 size trainer > Tower Hobbies Uproar 60. Pretty easy to build. Simple rugged design. I fly this one a lot > Great Planes Corsair 40. Not a simple build. I had a lot of help from my brother, in fact he built more than half of it. Not a scale model by any stretch and flies like a sport plane with none of the usual bad stall characteristics that are common to WWII models. > Great Planes Rapture 40. Still building it, seems pretty easy so far My brother has built: > House of Balsa PT-19. He had fuel delivery issues withhis and never did get it working correctly. It didn't survive one of the deadsticks > Great Planes Super Sportster 60. One of his favorite all time planes. He has a 'spare' kit stashed in case this one dies > Great Planes Slow Poke Sport 40. He said it was a pretty easy build. He never liked the way it flew and eventually gave it away > SIG Hog Bipe. Lots of parts but not hard to build. His other favorite. > FunAero SE5. Still under construction |
RE: MADE IN THE USA
Really a good question, Ihaven't ever bothered looking but it seems it would be most of them??
Carr named quite a few, House of Balsa is another one for the smaller kits. Other then some I built that were made in the UK I just can't remember seeing them made in another country. Seems there were some from Japan?? Good question!!! |
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SIG is the one that comes to mind in Montezuma, Iowa. Great kits and great help if you need it.
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