JimD
50cc
As soon as we heard the news that this 1/3-scale kit was going to be produced, we got on the waiting list. The force behind this effort is Gunny Bumburs of Aviation Concepts. Other kits include a highly detailed 87.5" span 1/5-scale Fairchild PT-19A and a 1/4-scale Schweizer SGS 233A. Aviation Concepts can be found at the Hangtimes Hobbies website:
http://www.hangtimes.com/index.html
http://www.hangtimes.com/aviationconcepts.html
Many of you know Hangtimes Hobbies as the home of NoBS Batteries (which we have used in all of our planes and transmitters the last 20 years).
We first met Gunny at the New England Aero Tow in 2010. He brought his beautiful 1/4-scale Schweizer SGS-233A and just mesmerized the group with its performance. Here he is accepting the award for the best scale model at the event.
Having grown up next door to a full-scale Soaring Club that used a Schweizer SGS-233A sailplane as their trainer, this sailplane holds a special place in my memory. Aero towing was just an everyday occurrence at my house and something I really wanted to duplicate in R/C.
Anyway, after meeting Gunny and seeing the 233 fly, I ordered one of his kits and proceeded to build the 1/4-scale model and finished it in the scheme of the local full-scale 233. Here is that model after its maiden flight (do I look happy)!
When Gunny announced that he was going to produce the 1/3-scale model, I signed on. The kit parts are packed in a big brown box that measures 12" x 12" x 36" and is heavy with all of the laser and CNC router cut parts, much of which is plywood. The box is packed in the typical Gunny way, a place for everything and everything is its place. Gunny actually makes these kits in his own facility and packs each box himself and with great care. Let's look inside:
The construction manual is a work of art unto itself! Color pictures for each step!
There are eight rolled sheets of full-size plans that each have color and seal to show authenticity.
Each kit has a serial number and mine is #3...He even includes these laser marked parts:
Gunny is an artists with his laser cutter, check out this rendering on one of the plywood parts sheets!
http://www.hangtimes.com/index.html
http://www.hangtimes.com/aviationconcepts.html
Many of you know Hangtimes Hobbies as the home of NoBS Batteries (which we have used in all of our planes and transmitters the last 20 years).
We first met Gunny at the New England Aero Tow in 2010. He brought his beautiful 1/4-scale Schweizer SGS-233A and just mesmerized the group with its performance. Here he is accepting the award for the best scale model at the event.
Having grown up next door to a full-scale Soaring Club that used a Schweizer SGS-233A sailplane as their trainer, this sailplane holds a special place in my memory. Aero towing was just an everyday occurrence at my house and something I really wanted to duplicate in R/C.
Anyway, after meeting Gunny and seeing the 233 fly, I ordered one of his kits and proceeded to build the 1/4-scale model and finished it in the scheme of the local full-scale 233. Here is that model after its maiden flight (do I look happy)!
When Gunny announced that he was going to produce the 1/3-scale model, I signed on. The kit parts are packed in a big brown box that measures 12" x 12" x 36" and is heavy with all of the laser and CNC router cut parts, much of which is plywood. The box is packed in the typical Gunny way, a place for everything and everything is its place. Gunny actually makes these kits in his own facility and packs each box himself and with great care. Let's look inside:
The construction manual is a work of art unto itself! Color pictures for each step!
There are eight rolled sheets of full-size plans that each have color and seal to show authenticity.
Each kit has a serial number and mine is #3...He even includes these laser marked parts:
Gunny is an artists with his laser cutter, check out this rendering on one of the plywood parts sheets!
