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Old 05-28-2005, 07:27 AM
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http://bridiairplanes.com/hangar/index.html

Boy,these are excellent fliers.
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Old 05-28-2005, 08:30 AM
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Ordered the Bridi XLT kit from them and it arrived within a few days. Quality of the wood and foam was super. Great people to work with.

XLT flies super like it was on rails and very nice speed with a tuned pipe.

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Old 05-28-2005, 08:48 AM
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Anything Joe Bridi designed flys great. The new company is a little disapointing though. I called to order a wing kit for the Utter Chaos and they told me they could not help me. The Utter Chaos is listed on the their web site as available and they are producing the kit!
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It may be because that they only sell complete kits and not able to go into the partial kit business. It is expensive and margins are too thin for most folks to do it.

Maybe try again?


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I have several Bridi kits stashed away incl Utter Chaos, Killer Chaos, 2 Brezees.
Building my second Tower Kaos right now with another stashed away plus two GP Kaos kits.
Love that Kaos/Chaos!
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ORIGINAL: tschuy

It may be because that they only sell complete kits and not able to go into the partial kit business. It is expensive and margins are too thin for most folks to do it.



Cheers,
If you are cutting parts for a whole kit why can't you cut parts for just the wing? Blue Jay models is the manufacturer. You should be able to buy parts from them as part of their customer support. When Joe had the company, I could get a wing kit for any airplane he sold on my doorstep in several days.
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Check the cost on these kits.
Perty much cheaper for the whole kit than most wing kits.
Wouldn't you agree?
Anyhow,
I just wanted everyone to know that the best flying designed models ever are still alive.
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Old 06-13-2005, 08:43 AM
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I agree, the the whole Kaos series are probably some of the best planes ever designed. To bad they don't seem to be as popular as some of the current stuff. The Giant Kaos is an excellent value for a plane that size. I think the real problem is than few people want to actually build anymore. Heck, most don't even want to repair, they just buy a new plane.
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ORIGINAL: zx32tt

I agree, the the whole Kaos series are probably some of the best planes ever designed. To bad they don't seem to be as popular as some of the current stuff. The Giant Kaos is an excellent value for a plane that size. I think the real problem is than few people want to actually build anymore. Heck, most don't even want to repair, they just buy a new plane.
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20% is the adrenaline high during that first flight! I always get "sewing machine" leg during the first few flights of my kit built planes.[X(]
Doesnt happen with the ARF's for some reason...
Old 06-14-2005, 11:25 PM
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I thought Birdi was out of the kit business......

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Old 06-15-2005, 07:31 PM
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Unfortunately, Joe Bridi no longer makes kits. Some of his planes are being kitted by Blue Jay which is at the link in the first post of this thread.
I got my Bridi kits on Ebay.

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