Hello All:
I have been contemplating building another Green Box Nobler that I have in my stash but I do have some reservations. If I remember correctly, these things were a real chore to assemble. This leads me to the question are the results worth the problem.
Perhaps I should replace the built up tail with solid pieces and avoid having to carve all of those blocks of balsa. Or sell this kit and purchase a more modern kit that is easier to assemble. There are many really nice kits out there that are laser cut, self jigging and are easier to build. Perhaps a RTF or RTC kit would be a better choice.
Thoughts and/or comments,
It depends on what you want to do.
If you just want a Nobler to sport-fly, then go right ahead. It's harder to build than some models, but not a lot worse than any others that are similar. Just build whatever you want, and have fun with it.
If you want to advance your skills, and maybe become involved with competition, based on your previous posts, this is probably not a good place to start. There are many airplanes of similar or less complexity to build that are much better fliers. It's no harder to build an Impact to the required quality, possibly easier, and in that case, you probably won't end up replacing 75% of the wood like you would want to do with the Nobler unless you are just lucky. An Impact flies much better than a green box Nobler and uses a modern powerplant system that will not require replacing as you advance. On the other hand, there are even more airplanes that are likely to fly better than a Nobler in practical terms that are FAR easier to build. Most people will never build a Nobler that is entirely correct to the point of getting the full possible performance out of it, but lots of people can build a Skyray or Flite Streak well enough.
To make any such decisions, you need to decide what engine you have that is sure to work well. For developing competition skills, forget any of the ancient engines like the Fox/McCoy/Johnson/ST46, etc. Get a few modern engines that you know will work and can still be supported, like a "new" 25LA, Aero-Tiger, PA or Jett 61-75, etc. NO "modified for lucky best stunt run" Dremel tool jobs. Based on your posts, you have never had any good stunt engines or at least have all sorts of problems getting engines to run, so instead of trying to get ancient engines of dubious heritage, get some new or lightly used and UNMODIFIED ones that are known to work from either major manufacturers like OS or reputable semi-customs from Randy or Jett.
Depending on your skill level or likelihood of crashing repeatedly, smaller profiles can be built in bulk and easily repaired at the field would be best. You need to be willing to take chances to learn and you aren't going to be able to do that if one crash wipes you out for weeks.
Brett
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