It's been a very long time since I have edited this site.  During 2011 I lost all my motivation to build or do any research due to job, financials, economy.  I decided to just go dark and ride it out till I got more stable.  I'm starting to get it back now and will hopefully start posting some useful building sites.

I purchased a large helicopter from Fry's (outpost.com) for about $90.00 the other day.  Trying to trim it out so I can have some fun with it.  I have been thinking of building a large scale glider in memory of one of my best friends in the Coast Guard who died doing what he loved.  His release from the tow machine down range did not let go of his glider on take off and drove it into the ground.  Two expert pilots died that day in San Diego.

I'll post pictures of my heli and the glider after I find one on the net.



Al

National Balsa We sell only the wood for the project

Welcome to the Hostetler line of Airplanes....The range of his designs includes the Classics of the 30's to modern high performance racers that include Jon Sharp's Nemesis, Patti Johnson's Full Tilt Boogie (highly modified Mong) and the most outstanding Home Built of the decade, the Lance Neibauer designed Lancair IV manufactured by Neico Aviation / Lancair International of Redmond, OR.
We supply only the wood, we do not provide the plans. They have to be purchased from Wendell Hostetler Plans We have the full kits, which include all wood necessary to complete the plane, including sheeting and skin, as per the designer. The short kits include formers for fuselage, ribs for the wing(s), wing tips, all odd shaped cut parts. Wendell does have an accessories suppliers list.... accessories suppliers We would appreciate feed back on these kits, balsabug1@aol.com, let us know if something was missing, or not cut right, or just that you are enjoying the kit.. if there are problems we will fix it, we would like to know our customers are happy with their building experience.

Think RC

This is a great site for helicopters

I finally found a great model to build. Being retired from Coast Guard Aviation I thought I would post this one.

Hey I finally found a place where I can build a HU-16 albatross from the Coast Guard.

Check out these electric engines

What if we could use it for the Mosquito helicopter?  That will be a great day when we can fly ourselves with electrics.  Check the site out.  Its worth it.

Here are a couple of my ships. Always adding to them, always changing.

Submarine for sale. Now how cool is that? around $695,000

Check out this submarine for sale.  Its the ultimate in personal or business pleasure.


http://www.sirenasubmarine.info/gallery.html#

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Pretty cool site for plans.

US Coast Guard Provider

Being retired Coast Guard, I am partial to Coast Guard aircraft.  Here is an old Fairchild C-123 we used in the 60's.