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erans 06-08-2026 12:11 AM

Dynaflite Chipmunk Build
 
It is finally time to build the Dynaflite Chipmunk kit which I bought on ebay in 2023. It may be a slow build, so please be patient with me.
Opening the box it was all well packed and looks undamaged.
I was lucky enough to buy the Robart struts for this kit prior to Robart Manufacturing discontinuing the manufacturing of retracts and struts,
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Cheers,
Eran

erans 06-08-2026 12:20 AM

A quick view of the instruction manual, parts list and beautifully drawn large set of plans.
The build sequence starts with the horizontal stab.
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Cheers,
Eran

Outrider6 06-08-2026 07:33 AM

NIce! I built of few of their kits, back in the day. If I recall correctly, Mark's Models became Dynaflite. The kits were easy and fun to build, they flew great, and they were more affordable than the big name brands back then.

erans 06-08-2026 02:30 PM

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Outrider6 - To the best of my knowledge Dynaflite is a line of model aircraft kits that was developed by Great Planes. I built quite a few Great Planes kits and the Chipmunk instruction manual is almost identical to the Great Planes manuals, it was written by the same people. I am looking forward for this build.

Recently, while reading an old RCM Magazines I stumbled on the product review of this kit (RCM June 2002 issue). I had to split the scanned file to be able to upload it here.
Cheers,
Eran


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