ballgunner

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Orline's Fokker D-VII or any Orline kits.

JohnAgnew2978

GP Super Sportster 90-120. Nice size, good kit, good flyer.
GP Ultra Sport 1000 was underappreciated, but the best flyer I ever had. Takes more effort and time to build.

John Agnew

FrancisPerson

RCM Funster --- manufactured by great planes and sold by Hobby-Lobby

Francis

JoeFly43

OMG....I just had a flashback seeing that kit box... [X(]

JoeFly43

BallGunner.... this might interest you.... I have a partial Orline DVII kit.... my father had a hobbyshop at one time, guy came in and wanted the airplane...BUILT, finished the top wing, he took it... started the lower wings... called him....he vanished into thin air. have the plans, one lower wing built but has hangar rash from sitting around, fuse unassembled in box.... I will get some pics so you know what you are dealing with..

Joe

buba49

aero commander 112, by excutive desing corp , north amityvill new york.
anybody got or had one ?

kaos

rsallen13

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I vote for a Goldberg Bucker Jungman

I've built two with the webra 1.20 in them and they were both sweet flying planes

and they are not a Pitts/Christian Eagle clone or an ultimate.

ballgunner

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JoeFly43. Thanks for thinking of me. I have finished my D-VII (not an Orline) but have a friend who might be interested. At this time I'm building an Orline Deweyville Special for him. Let me know what the price and shipping is and I'll pass the word.

fxrider

My vote is any plane that Lou Andrews designed.....Aeromaster mainly

Roger Q.

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I would like to see Cunningham's Lazy Ace, the 90 sized one. If anyone knows of anyone puts this wonderful plane out, it would be nice to know.

JNorton

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I just bought a CG Bucker Jungman from a club member. I'll be flying it this spring for the first time.
John

Flyrite

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Good call, I just finished one, my Dad has one and I still have one new in the box to build yet, this has to be one if not the best, I would love to see this in a 1/3 scale model.

Stickbuilder

Whatta ya mean were junk??? they alwas were, still are, and always will be. (IMHO) Bring back the old PICA kits, especially the WACO in 1/5 scale. ARF'ers can't build them, so they wouldn't appreciate them, but they are some of the best flying models ever.

khodges

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I feel your pain, balsa bandit, but not all ARF's are junk; some might need a little tweaking, and some are pretty nice. A couple I'd like to see back are GP's DR-1, with a better engineered bottom wing structure (at least some shear webbing, or hardwood spar) and Sportsman Aviation's WACO 60. That is one solid built airplane, I just stripped and re-covered mine, and the fuse and wings are as well built as any kit.

As for Pica's WACO, yeah, I'd like to see that one come back, too. I'd like to see any good .60-.90 size WACO kit, preferably a YMF or UPF version.

Sport_Pilot

I never had a problem with it, but I only had 12 flights before it spun in from a departed rudder/fin. Is that finrud or rudfin? Anyway I don't usually see the need for replacing balsa spars with hardwood, most models with balsa spars were designed for them and usually it would be half the size if designed for hardwood, and it would still weigh more than a balsa spar. After all balsa has a higher weight to strenght ratio being less than half the weight of spruce, but more than half the strength. But the way this plane likes to rock back and forth after landing, I think I will reinforce the wing. I will have to add some wood to splice the spars anyway. What would you suggest?

flyingmachine

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How about the Midwest HOTTS II ???????? These things screamed ! I have one which flys great and is in MINT condition.. Rossi .45 with nitro pipe !!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO !!!!

Stickbuilder

They are coming back. I just talked with COX and they are not only going to ARF (BARF) some of the PICA Kits, they are going to re-release the kits as well.

baldrick

No posts in a while well I'd better start the ball again. Just scored a GP trainer 40!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooooo happy. It needs some work but hasn't been flown in 15 years and then only for a few flights. The best part though is I got the plans :-) All I need now to complete the set is the manual. I've been hunting for ages to find the plans but every one that I know who had one threw the plans out when they got rid of the BEST TRAINER EVER.

Tommygun

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Great Planes Tiporare

depfife

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baldrick, I am pretty sure I have a set of plans for the 60 size. Send me a PM if you want them.

ckangaroo70

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I have the manual for a GP Trainer 40, and a wing. I augered the Plane into the ground a few years back. The wing survived, but the fuse was toothpicks. I had rebuilt that Plane twice, but after the 3rd time going in I decided not to fix. I also saved the rear horizontal stab which wasn't hurt either. Regardless of my 3 crashes with that Plane, it really was an excellent flyer, but what Joe Bridi design does not fly well?

ckangaroo70

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Oh.....one more thing. If you like the GP Trainer 40 or 60, you might want to check out the Bridi Krafty 60. Basically the same Plane as the GP Trainer 60 as far as I can tell. There may be some slight changes, but my guess is that it is pretty much the same just with a different name. Much like the old Four Seasons 40 Trainer by Bridi which was basically the same Plane as the GP Trainer 40. It is a shame to see most of the good Bridi kits gone from the Great Planes line, like the Kaos Kit, Ultra Sports, Trainer 40 and 60. As I said in my previous post. I don't think Bridi ever designed a bad flying airplane.
http://www.bridiairplanes.com/hangar/krafty60.html

Tommygun

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My father built a plane that looks exactly like the Bridi trainer .60/GP trainer .60, but insists when he bought it, the kit was called an "RCM trainer." We still have it too- excellent condition and over 30 years old.

ckangaroo70

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Yep, same Plane is what I have heard.

Bax

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The Bridi Trainer .60, Great Planes Trainer .60, and the RCM Trainer .60 are all the EXACT SAME airplane. The plans are available from the RCM Plans Service. The above statement also goes for the .40-size airplanes.