Hobbico Twinstar Query!!!!
04-16-2003, 05:10 AM
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HI all, i was just wondering if Hobbico is planning a replacement for the Twinstar, seems a shame such a fun plane was discontinued, any idea why, maybe it wasnt a big seller? or
maybe due to having its run a few years and was time to retire design/kit? due to it being dated , like the Hobbico Flightstar 40 trainer I have?, who knows, lets just hope another one replaces it , Best Regards !!!!!! and spring is here (almost lol) YAH
maybe due to having its run a few years and was time to retire design/kit? due to it being dated , like the Hobbico Flightstar 40 trainer I have?, who knows, lets just hope another one replaces it , Best Regards !!!!!! and spring is here (almost lol) YAH
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Tony:
Here it is:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LNEBV8&P=G
There is also a thread here on it.
Bill.
Here it is:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LNEBV8&P=G
There is also a thread here on it.
Bill.
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I'm sorry but that P-38 is no Twinstar. It is a kit not an ARF and it is profile! It would be a very sharp looking plane if weren't for the profile fuse.
I really hope they do bring back the Twinstar. If they were to upgrade it slightly with a different color scheme, heavier wood, and optional retracts....They wouldn't be able to make them fast enough.
I really hope they do bring back the Twinstar. If they were to upgrade it slightly with a different color scheme, heavier wood, and optional retracts....They wouldn't be able to make them fast enough.
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Mike:
Sorry, didn't even think about the possibility of including ARF as part of the replacement criteria. Kits don't bother me in the least.
But I'm not a profile fan, either.
Bill.
Sorry, didn't even think about the possibility of including ARF as part of the replacement criteria. Kits don't bother me in the least.
But I'm not a profile fan, either.
Bill.
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It is just a shame they got rid of a good thing. My Twinstar is the best plane I've had. Maybe not in construction, but definately in fun factor and flying characteristics.
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I couldn't resist putting pictures of mine - which no longer exists.
Went into a barbed wire fence at full throttle. Has 2 32sx's in it, and I loved it! Could hover it even at 6,000 ft (weighed 7-8lbs). I hope they come out with a new one, because that was my favorite plane! I even put an airbrake on it, as you can see from the second picture.
Went into a barbed wire fence at full throttle. Has 2 32sx's in it, and I loved it! Could hover it even at 6,000 ft (weighed 7-8lbs). I hope they come out with a new one, because that was my favorite plane! I even put an airbrake on it, as you can see from the second picture.
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That is pretty sharp looking. I put a bomb drop on mine I use to drop parachuters. I love to take it straight vertical till I can barely see it and let parachuters go. I chop the throttle and put her into a dive, land and watch the parachuters glide back to earth. Usually take them about 5 minutes to land.
I take them VERY high. Sometimes I lose orientation it is so high and have to put it into a spin until it gets low enough to see again.
I take them VERY high. Sometimes I lose orientation it is so high and have to put it into a spin until it gets low enough to see again.
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My C 310-Star
Mike and NJD:
I call this one my C3/10, because it looks about 30% like a Cessna 310 of the early style, before the "Go-Faster" vertical fin.
It also was built long before the Twinstar came on the market, so I suppose they copied me instead of the other way around.
But its ancestry is Hobbico, I bashed it from a "Hobbistar 60."
Bill.
I call this one my C3/10, because it looks about 30% like a Cessna 310 of the early style, before the "Go-Faster" vertical fin.
It also was built long before the Twinstar came on the market, so I suppose they copied me instead of the other way around.
But its ancestry is Hobbico, I bashed it from a "Hobbistar 60."
Bill.
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Sad.. soooo sadddd....
Yes,, it is sooo sad.. But no,... There is no replacement in the
works at this time... Thats about as sad as me just lettting the
one I have in a box just sit on the shelf for me to look at every
once inna while...
Hopefully,, some of you twin freaks <and nooooo, I didn't
studder
) will bring them ole twins to the second I-Net
fly-in in June.. I would hate to be the only one there with
a twin,, again.... Its ruff being the only crazed person at
a flyin.. <heheheh>.......
works at this time... Thats about as sad as me just lettting the
one I have in a box just sit on the shelf for me to look at every
once inna while...
Hopefully,, some of you twin freaks <and nooooo, I didn't
studder
) will bring them ole twins to the second I-Netfly-in in June.. I would hate to be the only one there with
a twin,, again.... Its ruff being the only crazed person at
a flyin.. <heheheh>.......
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Checked ebay latly?
There are a few NIB there, with a GOING price of $255 now!!
Amazing!
I have a nib fuse and tail parts, and am searching for the rest....
Bill
Amazing!
I have a nib fuse and tail parts, and am searching for the rest....
Bill
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outpriced
Sawyer,, Soooo right.. My '70 Hemi `cuda was under $5000. when
new.. Noww.. $65000 is a steal...
I recieved a couple note asking if I wished to get off the one I
have.. Thank you for the notes but at this time, I am going to
keep it.. However, the extra A&A 310 I have I will let go if any
one is interested.. (Nosen 310)
new.. Noww.. $65000 is a steal...
I recieved a couple note asking if I wished to get off the one I
have.. Thank you for the notes but at this time, I am going to
keep it.. However, the extra A&A 310 I have I will let go if any
one is interested.. (Nosen 310)
