Shoestring Kit?

[Jerry Reider]

Is the 42" SIG Shoestring still available in kit form?  I've looked at various websites and can't find one.  I have one that I bought at a flea market and it's been into the asphalt 3 times now.  It only had a broken off rudder from the first two crashes.  Toughest plane I've ever owned.  It wasn't running right on Friday and I pushed it when I knew I shouldn't have and it shut off straight above me during an overhead 8.  It went straight down and hit so hard that it broke the front holes out of the OS Max-s 35 and sheared the back motor mount bolts.  All it did to the plane was separate the outboard trailing edge, split about 4 ribs and the rudder came off.  I had it back up in the air 24 hours later and it flies better than ever and the engine runs better than ever.  If I had known that I would have crashed this thing a year ago.  Anyhow, I like the way this plane flies so much that I wouldn't mind having another one.

[Bill Morell]

This kit was actually put out by Carl Goldberg Models. It is available again from Brodak.

[Jerry Reider]

This kit was actually put out by Carl Goldberg Models. It is available again from Brodak.

Thanks Bill.  I got the manufacturer mixed up with other planes in the fleet.  Good to hear Brodak is making that kit available again.  I recently built a 38 Special from Brodak and I was pleased with the quality of the kit.   I also had a Buster years ago which I think was a Carl Goldberg kit.  That was a great flier too.  That met it's demise while I was flying upside down and the engine started peaking out indicating low fuel.  In a moment of over confidence, I gave the control a quick flip in the up direction and it went from 10 feet in the air straight into the asphalt.  Instant junk.  I had a lot of time on that plane.  I still have the largest piece of it's wing in the rafters of my basement.

[Wynn Robins]

Brodak kits the Buster as well

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[Bill Morell]

And the Cosmic Wind too.