Newbie looking for advice

Nov 12, 2004 8 Replies
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I have a friend who flies a real Robin DR400-120 airplane and would like to give him a RC model version of the airplane as a gift.



I've already searched everywhere for it with no success, so I suspect it might not exist. Therefore, I'm happy to settle with something that looks as close as possible to a Robin DR400-120.



In case you haven't seen it, here are some pictures of the airplane:



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I would very much appreciate if somebody could point me to any model that looks similar enough and that is easily available in the US. Thanks in advance,



Fernando.



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if its any help the closest that comes to mine is the Lancair.. from Great planes.. It is somewhat like this plane.

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You might look for some UK RC groups (I think they have their own newsgroup). The Robin is not a popular plane over here in the U.S.

Marty

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Hobby Lobby used to have something like this but a quick check of their webpage shows that it is no longer available. I also checked with Graupner but no joy there as well. I'm afraid you may have to go with something like the Lancair or find a designer/builder to design/build one for you.

You may also want to try

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They sell some planes that are similar like the RV-6/6A or the Glasair SII FT/TD or the Europa XS.

Don't know if this helps but...

Jim W

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Check out the EAM GlasAir kit...

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Simple answer might be to ask "what would you trade this in for if cost was not a problem" then see if that was available.

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I can't believe you used that offensive word AGAIN. :) mk

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