Another aircraft rescue thread. LOL

[Turbojoe]

OK so I got tired of seeing you guys making major scores at estate sales etc. It's my turn now. I rarely use Facebook but I had subscribed to the local R/C buy and sell group and saw a post with crash jobs for WAY below cheap. I went for one and left with three. All have motors and servos. The Mustang has Futaba digitals!
Rebuilding peoples crash jobs is the ultimate R/C thrill for me. I always gave them back to the crasher. I'm going to keep the Waco but the Mustang and the Fokker will both be given to the local R/C club.

Here's what I got today:

Nick Ziroli (?): 47" P-51 Mustang. Minor wing damage. Both landing gear ripped out of the wing. LOTS of stuff rattling around inside the fuse. I can't wait to start stripping it down so I can get out some balsa and glue! I can't find a Ziroli 47" Mustang with Google. It may not actually be a Ziroli as he listed it. Maybe a H.O.B kit? I've got a lot of research to do this weekend.

Electrifly Fokker DVII: Almost all (so far) damage seems to be covering only. This should be a quick fix.

Waco: Not sure if this was a bARF or a kit. I messaged the guy asking if he new who kitted it as I'll need a cowl for it and want to get the right one. This one I'll keep.

Joe

 

[SSgt Duramax]

Looks fun, maybe I should keep an eye out for things like that. Someone was talking about how they were going to dispose of a plane one day on here and I was like "if you were closer I would totally take it and fix it!"

 

[Turbojoe]

Yeah, keep your eyes peeled for stuff like this. My tiny investment of time and some materials makes it easy to give them away to some deserving kid or adult. I have over 50 bult planes and need to try to decide which ones I might give away as well. I'm not a member and I haven't had a chance to call the club prez when he's home to see if they're even interested in the planes.

I'll be listing a BUNCH of N.I.B. plane kits and Dumas boat kits on RC Groups in the next week or so. The classified section here doesn't have much traffic

Joe