First,
I have a Hergett 1/12 Mustang & a Pica 1/12 F4U, both with Magnum
.25's, JR equipment, Channel 26, both built by John "voodoo" West.
I have been flying them both as fun flys, & I'm clearing out the stable
for new projects. Both have been crashed & repaired at one time, but
both fly great. The P-51 is incredibly fast, the F4U is very reponsive.
How much would these be worth if I shipped them complete?

Also, I'm interested in a .25ish size WWI plane. I know the profiles
were getting popular a while back, but I want a full fuse. I want
this size so I don't have to take the wings off for transport.
Se5, Sopwith, Fokker, etc. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Johnny C!

The two planes are worth whatever you can get for them as sport planes. As combat planes, neither is really going to be competitive or a very good plane to have at a contest, so I don't think you'll get many takers.

For the biplane question, you might try the scale or warbirds forums. There are guys flying profile WWI combat, as you noted. You could always take one of those kits and use the side view to build out your own fuse to go with it.

Kirk,
Thanks for the response.
Is the 1/12 scale combat not popular anymore?
This Hergett is fast. I thought some combat guys
would be interested because I would think they
would go through a few planes at each meet.
Thanks again for the response.

Johnny C!

The balsa planes will disintegrate when they get slightly hit. Modern combat ships are much more durrable than ships from 3 years ago. Also wing area has gone up making launches much easier.

Right, it's not that we don't fly 1/12th scale combat, we do. I personally have over 50 rounds in this year.

But balsa planes are just too fragile, one light tap in the air and they blow up, as Sheepy said. Current reinforced foam planes are much much stronger and can take some hits and keep flying. I've had planes get in to 2-3 mid-airs in a contest and keep going. Of course, I've also had some horrific hits that will take out anything. But it's amazing how repairable the foam planes can be. I've had fuses cut in half and return to fly the next day.

Also, current competitive scale ships are much larger. A Mustang has, if I recall, about a 42" wingspan max, at 1/12th+10%. This season I've been flying Blackburn Firebrands. I have a 56" wingspan, and a ton of wing area. Other competitive planes include (but aren't limited to) planes like the Fairy Fulmar, Ki-64, A-17, Devestator, Kate, Skyraider etc. These planes all have wingspans that put them over 50" with tons of wing area.

Anyway, guys already in to scale combat won't be likely to buy those planes as combat planes, and I'd really hate to show up at a contest with my firebrands to find someone new to combat with some balsa ships. If we wind up in a mid-air, it wouldn't be pretty.

Of course, if someone wants to do it, and they understand what might happen, I don't have a problem with it.

Things change fast. The Hergett has a foam core wing. It's pretty solid, but the
F-4U is fragile, wing and all. I guess I'll put in them up for sale in the fun fly
section.

Who makes the 42" or larger Mustang? I would like to have as
big as possible & still be able to hand launch. We fly off of sod fields, so if
we don't hand launch, we have to go pretty big. I have built a catapult,
but it still needs some work.

Thanks for the responses.

Johnny C!

Johnny, take a look at this thread from the RCCA site. It might just interest a Mustang lover.
http://www.rccombat.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10654

Thanks Dawg, will do!

Johnny C!