RICKSTUBBZ

I see you snuck in "under construction"
Hatz Biplane, 1/1 scale, Lycoming O-290,

Now that raised an eyebrow.....How far along? Any pictures?

bipeman-RCU

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Wings and tail feathers done. Lots of smaller assemblies like pedals, shock struts done. Still need that big middle part you sit in.
Have not worked on it in a few years. Took a "quick break" to do a Triumph Spitfire 6 cyl conversion and got completely sidetracked into Triumph cars.
Have some pics but just wings and tail like any other wooden winged home built bipe.

FlyerInOKC

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What are you doing to the Triumph Spitfire? I had a Triumph TR-3A back in the day. The Triumphs are fun little cars and easy to work on. If you don't like to tinker English sports cars are not for you!

bipeman-RCU

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More recent TR activity started out with a perfectly nice 77 Spitfire in 2005. Few months later I bought a GT6 from a guy that also had another GT6 engine and trans I also bought and decided to put in the Spit. Then I decided to put a Mazda RX8 rotary in the Spit. Separated the body from the frame in order to do that right. The RX8 install languished for a couple of years due to projectus interruptus (read: "Bit off more than I could chew"). Then decided to simplify and go back to a TR6 engine in that. It sits. Meanwhile sold the GT6 and bought a 69 TR6 that needed paint but otherwise great. Still needs paint! Recently bought a garage-find TR7 and am just now completing an engine rebuild with some performance and reliability upgrades. Nice rust free Texas car, convertible, 30 years in a garage. This will be a daily driver (I hope).

So that is my Triumph history for the last 15 years. It started though, with my first Spitfire, a 73 bought in high school in 1974, and includes two TR3's, two GT6's, one other TR6, and an unknown qty of Spitfires (thinking 6 total).

FlyerInOKC

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That is a few Triumphs!

WyleCoyote

16! Not including Digital Plans, assembly instructions for many more.

Bridi - Dirty Birdi
Blue Jay - Dirty Birdi
Blue Jay - UFO

CG - Super Chipmunk
CG - Ultimate 10-300

GP - Dazzler
GP- Super Sporster 60
GP - Ultra Sport 60
GP - Patriot
GP - Super Skybolt

Direct RC - Kaos Partial Build

Midwest - Extra 300XS

Sig Four Star 40 in box form
Sig Four Star 40 Partial Build

Top Flight -P51D Gold
Top Flight - F4U Gold

Tail Feathers Only
Sig Four Star 40
GP Big Stick 40
Bridi Kaos 40

MIA
CG- Gentle Lady (don't ask)

FlyerInOKC

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Nice list!

JHays

Enough for a second life time

FlyerInOKC

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I have reached the point I have only one kit left to buy if I can ever find one! Anyone here have or know of a Top Flite Bonanza kit with or without cockpit for sale? They seemed to have dried up and I can't find one.

rgburrill

I'm working on a Hammer 40 short kit. Shorter kit than I expected. It didn't have plywood wing saddles, so I have to cut that part out myself. About the only parts I got were wing ribs. And two sets of rolled plans.
In my cabinet is a Balsacraft F8F Bearcat - about 40-inch wingspan.
At home in Texas I have a partly built Sig Senorita and Global B-26. The latter is an ARF, not a kit. I brought the kits to Arizona so I had something to do.
Oh, and I have a Sterling Emma C Berry that is done except for nameboards. But she can go sailing at any time now. I brought my CNC with me so I could do them. The kit is old and the decals crumble so I need to make new nameboards.

rgburrill

A friend of mine had a Triumph Spitfire he was going to mod to a Mustang 4-cylinder engine. For those who do know the original P-51 version of the A-36 Mustang had Spitfire engines because the Mustang engine had high altitude issues. So why not put a Mustang engine in a Spitfire? Turns out, after he started he found one already done and bought it instead.

amahillo

2 kits : odyssey and arcus Hmodel

FlyerInOKC

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Give it time, you'll be hording them like the rest of us.

Remember, get a kid into R/C planes and he will always be too broke to get into drugs and alcohol.

eromeros

Pandemic was not good for my wallet, but it ws for the hobby,
All these I got between 2020 and 2022

<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Bridi Utter Chaos 40
BUSA Phaeton 90
CG Eagle II
CG Falcon 56 II
CG Super Chipmunk
CG Tiger 2
CG Ultimate 10-300
CG Extra 300
GP Ultra Sport 60
GP Trainer 60
GP Aeromster too
Lazy Acce 76
Sig 4* 120
Sig Astro hog
Sig Clipped Wing Cub 1/4
Sig Hog Bipe
Sig Kadet Sr
Sig Kavalier
Sig Kobra
Sig Piper Cub 1/4 (x2)
Sig Riser
Sig Somethin Extra
Sterling Lancer
Sig Smith Mini Plane


Now I need time to build them all!

Elias R.

FlyerInOKC

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Well it finally happened I procured a Top Flite Bonanza kit and a cockpit kit. I got a half built Ken Willard Sunday Fighter Heinschmitt in closet but I'm so tempted to replace it with the Old School Model Works laser cut kit based on it.

jrfreitas

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7 lol

carlgrover

I've collected kits for the last 35 years. Ironically, I prefer to build from plans. With very limited exception, I've gotten them pretty cheap. At last inventory I had 24 kits. I'm thinking that number is closer to 30 now. I'll list a few for fun: Rich Uravitch T28, Goldberg Chipmunk, Bridi Cap 232, Sig Kougar, King Kobra, Astrohog, smith mini plane, Northeast Aerodynamics Twin aire 20 and 40, Great planes super sportster .60, Top Flite giant scale P51, P47. I've never owned a royal or one of the top flite .60 size warbirds kits but always wanted one. The royals, top flite red box, and even the proctor kits (if you ever saw one at a swap meet) were pretty expensive. I bought all of mine at swap meets, most of them during the days when no one wanted to build anymore and ARFs were the order of the day. Now kits are more scarce and getting spendy.

carl

kilo2018

Fortunately and unfortunately I don't have a wife to tell me NO. I currently have 4 kits where I haven't even broken the seal. 3 cars i haven't even used.

FlyerInOKC

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Just 4 kits?!!

fwconti

I am on a spending spree to make sure I can stay occupied when I retire in a few months!

Sig Ryan STA
Sig Zlin Akrobat
Flair Tiger Moth
Top Flite DC3
Top Flite Cessna 182
Carl Goldberg Super Chipmunk
House of Balsa Chipmunk
House of Balsa AT6
House of Balsa Mustang P51
Sterling Stearman
Great Planes .60 Cub
Senior Telemaster

And maybe a few more that I cant remember off the top of my head.

Frank

LLRCFlyer

FWCONTI, if your HOB P52 is the .20 size Mustang, then please consider the following mods:
House of Balsa .20 Mustang Recommended Modifications

The House of Balsa .20 size Mustang is a smooth flying plane. A .25 size engine yields 80 mph speeds with a 9-5 prop and can perform all inside and outside maneuvers. I reduced the dihedral to half that shown on the plans and was very pleased with the results since it makes for much easier knife-edge maneuvers with less rudder induced roll coupling. Definitely not for beginners, but very nice for an intermediate flyer looking for respectable speed and pattern style aerobatic smoothness. It will do all the inside and outside novice pattern maneuvers nicely, including snaps and spins, however it is not 3-D capable. Very enjoyable, however there are eight items to consider. 1. It uses an inverted engine, so make sure the one you use idles well inverted (or use a 550-600 watt electric setup with a 3S LiPo). 2. The short landing gear and small wheels make it hard to taxi in grass without nosing over. I used larger wheels and had to carry it to the runway, apply full throttle and release the model with a push while holding full up elevator to get a clean takeoff run in grass… no problem flying from hard surfaces. 3. The wing ribs and plywood doublers holding the landing gear torsion blocks are way too weak for grass runways and must be reinforced, as a hard landing or grass snagging a wheel can break the wing ribs and make for a substantial repair. 4. The semi-symmetrical airfoil requires more down elevator than up, so program in about 15% more down throw than up. 5. The horizontal stabilizer center section is a little weak and should be reinforced with carbon fiber tissue (2” each side of center) and thin epoxy or CA before mounting to the fuselage. 6. Reduce the dihedral by half to improve knife edge maneuvers. 7. Build it light… 12-13 gram metal gear servos are sufficient. 8. Pay close attention to the aft CG limit if you want to be able to recover from snap rolls and spins.

LLRCFlyer

Kits come and go. I was lucky enough to acquire some really nice ones before the companies went out of business. I currently have 17 kits:
Great Planes Ultra Sport 60
Goldberg Sophisticated Lady
Lanier 1/2A Shrike
Lanier .15 Shrike
Pica Duellest 240
House of Balsa .20 Mustang
Midwest Mach None
Ace 4-120 Biplane with plans and parts to bash into an Ultimate Biplane
Great Planes Super Aeromaster biplane
Top Flite F4-U Corsair
Top Flite P51D Mustang C/L
Goldberg J3 wing Kit
Ace All-star biplane
Foamboard Stik
Foamboard Bloody Wonder
Tiny Toni
Dynaflite Butterfly motor glider