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Tim Bruhn · Aug 06, 2001 01:38 PM

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Who, where, I want one. Tony Cincotta...Help!

Jake · Aug 06, 2001 03:10 PM

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LAST EDITED ON Aug-06-01 AT 03:11 PM (EST)

Try this:

http://homepages.tig.com.au/~saturn/


Check out his kits also, they are absolute works of art (I have 3 of them so far).

JAK

Steve Helmick · Aug 07, 2001 01:28 AM

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Jake, While I really admire the Palmer and Aldrich designs that Tony kits, the one that has my interest is the Centaur. But I've not been able to get any data on area & engine size. Which kits have you gotten and how did the shipping time and costs work out?
Steve

Jake · Aug 07, 2001 08:52 AM

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Steve,

I got the following:

1. Nobler

2. Thunderstreak

3. Coy Lady

Coy Lady won the Australian Nats last year with a Fox .35!
Thunderstreak is basically a "poor man's" Thunderbird Mk 1, slightly smaller, easier to build, still very pretty semi-eliptical wing.
The Nobler is the 1957 "Green Box" version.

As to the cost and shipping and all. To start off, I got the kits direct from GMA, back last year. At the time, he had misplaced the cost sheet Tony had sent him, so he couldn't reacall exactly what to ask on them, except a ballpark figure.
The current exchange rate is around two $s Australian to one US $, so if you take the cost figures on the Saturn site, and half them, you get a pretty close figure. Shipping, I think George told me it runs around $25-$30 US for one of the large kits, insured to your door. All these kits shipped export include all the hardware and a fuel tank (darn nicely made too!).
Tony does have a couple other fellows in the US that he uses as distributors for his products, you'll have to e-mail him to ask who they are, as I can't recall at the moment.
The Centaur GMA had as one of the sample kits Tony sent him. He said it reminded him of a Sabre Stunt or "Wicked Witch" but with a conventional rather than trike gear. He thought it should be a good flier.
The Nobler kit he said was the finest one he had ever seen, bar none, it even included a copy of his special "pinch corner" tank.
ALL the Saturn kits are of the highest quality (George said every single one he looked at, including the FF stuff was also, and I have heard this same from eveyone who has bought a kit from Saturn), and a bargain for the value you recieve. They have the finest contest grade balsa, hand cut and sanded, an outstanding example of the kit maker's craft. Try one, you will be VERY pleased!

JK

Steve Helmick · Aug 07, 2001 07:56 PM

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JAK's comments echo everything I've heard about Tony's SATURN Hobbies kits. Only the Centaur reminded me of the Barnstormer Mk.II with the canopy pushed forward a bit, and I still don't know the area or engine requirements. The Mars and Hurricane are sure tempting...Steve