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Many notable individuals in the 1960s through the 1990s and beyond created the landscape of modern RC modeling. These included many starting their own companies. The families of many of these individuals lost interest in continuing these businesses. The incoming supply of ARF planes from overseas made it hard to sell kits requiring assembly.
Laser cut kits have a much more precise construction and much tighter tolerances, but tend to cost more than die-cut kits. Wood kits include the raw material needed to assemble the airframe, a construction manual, and full-size plans. Assembling a model from plans or a kit can be very labor-intensive.
The aircraft is made from wood, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 27.50 ft (8.4 m) span wing lacks flaps and has a wing area of 121.5 sq ft (11.29 m 2 ). The acceptable power range is 35 to 52 hp (26 to 39 kW) and the standard engine used is the 48 hp (36 kW) Half VW powerplant.
Big Planes Kits (Ukraine) Bigmodel (Poland) Bílek (Czech Republic) Blue Bird (Japan) Blue Ribbon (Mexico) Blue Tank (Taiwan) Bobcat Hobby Model Kits (China) BorderModel (China) Brengun (Czech Republic) Brifaut (France) Bronco Models (Hong Kong, China) Bull Mark (Japan) Bushu (Germany) Buzco (USA) - re-boxed and issued Heller kits in the USA ...
It also publishes a woodworking industry magazine, distributes consumer catalogs (in all 50 U.S. states and 117 countries) [1] and operates an ecommerce website. [2] The stores, catalogs and website combined sell about 20,000 products covering wood working tools, raw materials, instructional media and project kits. [3] [4] [5] [6]
A typical wood and fabric construction amateur-built, the Bowers Fly Baby. A Pietenpol Air Camper under construction, showing the wooden frame structure that will be covered with aircraft fabric . This is the oldest construction, seen in the first aircraft and hence the best known.
Carl Goldberg Models manufactures radio-controlled (RC) aircraft and components. This company was purchased by Great Planes Model Manufacturing on August 24, 2007. The model shown on the right was in production during negotiations and is considered to be either the last model produced under the previous owner or the first under the new one; it ...
A kit contains the necessary raw material, typically die- or laser-cut wood parts, some molded parts, plans, assembly instructions and may have been flight tested. Plans are intended for the more experienced modeller, since the builder must make or find the materials themselves. Scratch builders may draw their own plans, and source all the ...