Author Topic: Goodbye Beloved Super Chipmunk (Read 7185 times)

DanielGelinas · « **on:** June 05, 2014, 03:09:54 PM »

Looks like SIG is out of them.

When I came back to control line five years ago, I was amazed that the super chipmunk was still available.
Glad I got one...
Sad they are no longer available...

-Dan

Tim Stagg · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2014, 05:31:52 PM »

If it is any conciliation, it would be better to buy a set of plans for the Chip and create your own Kit.

The cowl and wheel plans are too heavy, I made balsa pants and a carbon cowl for mine. The only wood I used in the whole kist was the ribs....which I ended up hollowing out due to weight and the fuse sides and bulkheads and canopy.

That's it, I replaced everything else.

It was a nice kit, it was just that the wood was heavy.

If anyone is interested, I may make some cowls for other folks, I just need to make a better mold, I was willing to accept stuff I would not sell to someone else.

Attached is a couple of pictures of my recently completed chip.

Dick Pacini · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2014, 05:50:06 PM »

Quote from: Ty Marcucci on June 05, 2014, 05:06:28 PM

Naturally as soon as you posted this, one pops up on Ebay. Never fails.

The seller is asking $70 with no bites yet.

kenneth cook · « **Reply #3 on:** June 05, 2014, 06:04:08 PM »

Tim, your model is beautiful as always. Good luck at Brodak's. Ken & Shawn

Curare · « **Reply #4 on:** June 05, 2014, 06:11:18 PM »

I agree with tim on this one.

The chipmunk kit isn't all that and a bag of potato chips. In fact mine (which is just about to receive stars and bars) has on a bare minimum of kit parts on it. Namely, pants, canopy and engine mounts.

Better to get the plans and do your own. It'll be better, lighter and your own!

Juan Valentin · « **Reply #5 on:** June 05, 2014, 06:29:37 PM »

hello Tim
What would be the cost of the cowling for the chip?
Juan

Tim Stagg · « **Reply #6 on:** June 05, 2014, 06:53:16 PM »

Juan,

Let me think about that while at Brodak next week. I will get back to everyone, I not looking to make money, just cover cost and effort.

Thanks Ken, hope you and Shawn will make it next week

proparc · « **Reply #7 on:** June 05, 2014, 07:01:11 PM »

Where do you get plans for the Super Chipmunk?

Wynn Robins · « **Reply #8 on:** June 05, 2014, 07:29:06 PM »

Quote from: proparc on June 05, 2014, 07:01:11 PM

Where do you get plans for the Super Chipmunk?

You have mail Terrance

DanielGelinas · « **Reply #9 on:** June 05, 2014, 07:32:12 PM »

Tim, that is a very nice super chippy!
Looks like you put in a lot of time.
Cheers,
Dan

proparc · « **Reply #10 on:** June 05, 2014, 08:01:48 PM »

Quote from: Wynn Robins on June 05, 2014, 07:29:06 PM

You have mail Terrance

Do you mean,do I have email-yes.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #11 on:** June 05, 2014, 09:11:39 PM »

Quote from: Tim Stagg on June 05, 2014, 05:31:52 PM

If anyone is interested, I may make some cowls for other folks, I just need to make a better mold...

I'd be interested...

Wynn Robins · « **Reply #12 on:** June 05, 2014, 09:32:07 PM »

Quote from: proparc on June 05, 2014, 08:01:48 PM

Do you mean,do I have email-yes.

no - I mean I sent you the plans via e-mail - ergo - you HAVE mail

Doug Burright · « **Reply #13 on:** June 05, 2014, 10:35:09 PM »

What would it take to coerce you out of a set of plans for me, too? I would build a Chipmunk!

Dick Pacini · « **Reply #14 on:** June 05, 2014, 11:53:33 PM »

I have a Sig Super Chipmunk kit if anyone is interested. Best offer considered.

dennis lipsett · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2014, 06:10:09 AM »

Just checked Brodak's web site is shows the kit in stock. I'd move fast on it.

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2014, 06:15:16 AM »

Hey Tim:

If you want another heavy Chipmunk kit, I got one for you!!

Maybe even make you special deal as they say - what's your bank account look like?

Scott

Bud Morrison · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2014, 09:11:08 AM »

Quote from: Tim Stagg on June 05, 2014, 05:31:52 PM

If anyone is interested, I may make some cowls for other folks, I just need to make a better mold, I was willing to accept stuff I would not sell to someone else.

Attached is a couple of pictures of my recently completed chip.

Tim I'll take a cowl if your moulding some

James C. Martin · « **Reply #18 on:** June 06, 2014, 06:18:13 PM »

have a sig super chipmunk in the box bought it from Brodak and am going to build it and put an OS MAX .46 on it , My friend Paul W. had one with a .46 and pipe on it and it was amazing he also had a Sig MAGNUM with a FOX .60 on it he let me fly that one once hard pulling plane very responsive to control inputs, too bad sig no longer offers these and many more of their control line kits guess im glad to have gotten a chipmunk and twister when I did sure collectors will hoard them all soon

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #19 on:** June 06, 2014, 08:43:49 PM »

The Sig CL-3 Chipmunk is another good kit to scratchbuild and does not need a molded cowl. The wing is the same.

proparc · « **Reply #20 on:** June 06, 2014, 09:05:30 PM »

Quote from: Wynn Robins on June 05, 2014, 09:32:07 PM

no - I mean I sent you the plans via e-mail - ergo - you HAVE mail

Thanks Wynn, I received your email. Really appreciate it.

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #21 on:** June 07, 2014, 07:05:36 AM »

Hey Tim:

I have to rescind my offer on selling you my Chipmunk kit. I was going ot bring it to Brodaks with me, but when I picked it up to carry it to my van I hurt my back and I'm not sure where I can rent a dolly or hoist around here. So sorry...

Scott

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #22 on:** June 07, 2014, 04:06:44 PM »

The SIG Super Chipmunk is one of the classic kits of all time, along with the earlier VanLoo versions. Many times it got a junior or senior to a win at the NATS and has been a favorite to stunt fliers for it's entire history. Like any kit, you may get a good one or bad one, that is up to you to deal with as you see fit. It is a basically sound design and a good airplane even if built straight out of the box. Lots of up grades and improvements have been made to it over years as we all have learned more during the same time period. It is a fairly large airplane and if the weight does end up on the high side, the wing does carry the extra weight well, and careful trimming and flying will still yield some success. It just needs to be powered accordingly, and the options we have today for power plants should cover any needs there. I would never discourage anyone from building one for any reason. Build it with some attention to details, like you should with ANY airplane, and anyone should be happy with it. Just don't compare it to an Impact, any of the SV series or any airplane designed around modern power plants. Put that modern power plant in a Super Chip, and you'll have a decent airplane.
Hey Scott, if you really don't want that Super Chip, I'll give you 50 bucks for it!

Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

proparc · « **Reply #23 on:** June 07, 2014, 05:21:40 PM »

Why can't we CAD up the plans thereby, preserving the plane for all times?

Scott Richlen · « **Reply #24 on:** June 07, 2014, 07:47:28 PM »

50 bucks? Are you kidding? I'm waiting for the wave of concern to build: "SIG no longer makes it, where will I get one?"

And then I can put it on E-Bay and make a bazillion dollars on it

. Of course, if I wait too long to sell it, it will be forgotten

or someone will kit it really nicely, and then I'l be out of luck.

Like they say - timing is everything! And then when I finally sell it, I'll have to stop using the flaps and fuselage sides as back splints. I'll have be careful to bend my knees when picking it up...

Sean McEntee · « **Reply #25 on:** June 07, 2014, 08:29:50 PM »

One that has been omitted so far is the Joe Dill Chipmonk

While I was at Ft Huachuca, I made a run up to Phoenix to pick up an RSM kit of the JDC. I had never heard of it--was only aware of the Van Loo and Sig versions.

Prior to the Phoenix trip, I was at the Cholla Choppers Christmas party and who else was there but Joe Dill Himself! I didn't get to talk to him that night but I found out through the grapevine that he was staying in the Tucson area for the winter. I was actually on my way home from picking the kit up in Phoenix when I got a phone call from him, as word had made it to him that I was trying to get in touch with him to autograph dad's kit!

I stopped by his home and talked with him and his wife for awhile, and then we popped the kit open, as he had not seen the RSM kit yet. He was pleased overall, though he pointed out some differences between the plans and his original, and of course I took notes!!

The JDC is based on a Nobler wing, like many other designs. It more closely resembles Van Loo's Chipmonk, as it has no cheek-style intakes like the sig version. I asked if which one of the two came into being first, and he had never met Jim Van Loo so he had no idea. Several folks were flying JDC's at VSC that year (2012) and they all flew well.

The kit was what is expected of RSM. Detailed plans, good hardware and decent laser cut wood. If you like the look of the sig Chipmonk it would only take a few mods, mostly to the cowling, to make it look similar, though it would t be classic legal.