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Ciao.
I’m looking for an F1B kit with DPR front end: I send an e-mail to:
– w-hobby ( info@w-hobby.com )
– flitetech ( info@starlink.flitetech.com )
– vasili ( vasi@scana.com.ua )
– stefanchuk ( sts@mail.lviv.ua )no reply in my mail!!!! 😥
Did you have some contanct/link to help me in my model search?
thanks.
ciao
I took a look at the site and was reminded why I do not fly F1B any longer. The KIT is $1299! Ready to fly it costs $1999! That’s 50% more than my annual budget for all of my FF activities. And you need three of the damn things. Is it any wonder that the classic/vintage events are so rapidly growing in popularity?
And ……. You can buy an all up Coupe RTF for around $500.00
or build your own (competitive) for a lot less.
Seems like lots of entries in Coupe at the smaller contests these days.
Cheers!“I took a look at the site and was reminded why I do not fly F1B any longer. The KIT is $1299!”
You are allowed to build them yourself as well.
CHE
I am not a machinist and so would have to buy a front end to remain competitive. It would take me a while to learn how to produce tailbooms and motor tubes else more $$. How many are producing their own CF shells? And most important, in the time it would take me to produce three models how much practice time could someone have with bought models? It is not a level playing field in the international events between those who build and those who buy.
A few of the top F1B competitors DO build their own models and most parts as well. Most commonly bought parts seem to be motor tubes and tail booms, timers, and front ends as well as fittings.
Looking at F1G (Coupe) it is a different story. Many buy RTF models and or assemble from various bought parts. Anybody that tells you,”you didn’t build the model” hasn’t tried it, by the way. If you get a copy of the Free Flight Quarterly “Coupe Survey” you will find that home building is alive and well and very competitive and at very low out of pocket cost. You can buy all the parts to assemble a top line Coupe for less than the cost of a top line F1B front end! Also, you can build up a winning Coupe from raw materials for less money than you have in the tracker bug.
Just as an aside, it seems like the same scenario on the F1C/F1J front. but I don’t play in that sand box ( though I have good friends who do).
Personally, I fly both classes and have fun doing it. Anyone who knows me thogh, will tell you I’m still way down on the learning curve, so take the above for what it’s worth.
Cheers!“How many are producing their own CF shells?”
Well I do and I’ve published how to do it along with cutting spars, moulding F1A pods, assembling wings etc, etc; it isn’t difficult. I build my own models but do buy some parts including hooks etc (I fly F1A) although I can and have machined them myself. I now have 6 models I built myself in the box for this weekend’s World Cup event and I wont be the only one. I have little time to practice but its not because I’m building.
Yes, an F1B front end is expensive and yes, it’s hard to make the booms yourself but almost everything else can and is being built by flyers who make national teams.
CHE
CHE
I use a Vivchar “Prima” front end on my Mulvihills.
It is an elegantly made, very simple Montreal stop Wakefield front end.
Robust in construction and reliable as rocks.
It’s available in the U.S. for a good bit less than $100.00 and comes complete with bobbin, nose ring and a nice set of blades.
I haven’t built one, but the Prima was used by some of our Junior Team with good results and it appears to be a great place to start.
Available as a kit or RTF from several suppliers.
I believe Burdov has a somewhat similar RTF for low cost as well, but I do not know if it is available as a kit.
And, like you say, you can build everything else yourself if you’re willing to take the time to learn how.
Cheers!
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