How difficult are Bridi kits to build? Built 3 Dumas rubber powered kits, would like to try a Bridi, but may need more exp. Any advise?

they are very basic builds. Square fuselage, D-tube wing, sheet balsa tail surfaces. pretty straight forward.......

Yep, what bro said. Nothing really there that will try to trick you and if you run into A problem most anyone here can help you through it.

Review my thread of typical Bridi kit. [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5156446/tm.htm]Bridi-Kraftkit 4 Seasons 40[/link]. If you can read plans and use an exacto blade ... go for it. I have the Utter Chaos 40 kit at home, and the two kits are a similar build.

This is similar to Bridiairplanes [link=http://www.bridiairplanes.com/hangar/krafty60.html]Krafty Sixty[/link].

Jim

The new Bridi kits are made by an outfit called Bluejay. (www.bluejayairplanekits.com ) My new Killer Chaos is the finest kit I've ever seen! Have not built it yet but the plans are strait-foreward as mentioned above, and the parts cutting is fantastic as is the wood. There should be no problem for someone to build a Bridi design, and Bluejay has done a masterful job of re-creating his designs and turning them into kits. Check them out! Q.

Thanks for the input on Bridi kits.....I'm ready! Going to try Dirty Bird 60. I'll be back if I get lost.. Thanks Again Ed

You won't regret it, the Dirty Birdy is a fantastic airplane! I built one over a year ago and I love it.

The one thing that I found was that drilling the wing pin holes a little later in the construction would have made setting the wing incidence easier. I discuss it and a few other things on this thread http://tinyurl.com/36p6yf . It's very easy to fix but even easier if you do it in a little different sequence as I explain in the thread.

Otherwise, it's easy to build and a great flying airplane.

Dave

Are the new kits laser cut or still crash cut?? Just wondering.

The Bluejay wood is all machine cut and sanded. No laser cutting, no die crushing, no misfits, no tear out, no burned edges, no roundover, no nothing. The parts were perfect and fit exactly.

I'm a frequent scratch builder and enjoy cutting my own parts but I couldn't have made them this accurately.