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Title: Prowler. Is it Nostalgia elegible?
Post by: Dennis Moritz on April 08, 2014, 10:06:53 PM

Is it a 30 plus year old design? Thanks.

Title: Re: Prowler. Is it Nostalgia elegible?
Post by: 55chevr on April 09, 2014, 05:04:08 AM

the kit I have has newspaper wadded for packing dated 1992 ... you can check with Bob Hunt he is the designer.

Title: Re: Prowler. Is it Nostalgia elegible?
Post by: Dennis Moritz on April 09, 2014, 09:48:55 AM

No. Correction. Did the math wrong. Sounds like it will not qualify. 92 means only 22 years old. Perhaps it was designed and flown 8 years before. I will call Bob Hunt and ask.

Title: Re: Prowler. Is it Nostalgia elegible?
Post by: Bill Little on April 09, 2014, 05:25:43 PM

Hi Dennis,

The Prowler came about from Robby's RD-1 which was in the '91-'92 time frame.  Scott saw the RF-1 and wanted to kit it.  Bob insisted that he wanted a tapered wing and not the straight wing form the RD-1.  So Bob drew the "new" wing and Scott made kits. ;D

We have about 8 more years before either will be Nos.30 legal.

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM

Title: Re: Prowler. Is it Nostalgia elegible?
Post by: Dennis Moritz on April 09, 2014, 11:10:01 PM

Thanks Bill, for the information. Flew one Sunday. I really like it.

Title: Re: Prowler. Is it Nostalgia elegible?
Post by: Tom Niebuhr on April 10, 2014, 08:18:06 AM

In his his earlier flying days, my son Craig had a Prowler given to him. He also flew an RD-1, which we still have. Both airplanes fly very well.