Description

There was a time when just about every new RC pilot learned to fly with a 40 size balsa trainer. They were all pretty similar, and the Tower Trainer was a great example of the genre.  It was an ARF, built with inadequate glue and covered with crap-o-kote, and quickly became fuel soaked and even uglier than when it was new, as was typical of ARF trainers of its day.  But it was a good trainer and a ton of fun to fly!  So whether you’re a beginner or an old timer with fond memories of your sticky, gooey, tape-patched 40 size ARF trainer from another lifetime, now you can get the short kit and build it right, cover it with decent film, and have a great flying plane that looks good.  I don’t know if the original plane was made of balsa or lite ply, but this kit is balsa, which is less brittle.

Thanks to Marshall Kay for taking all of the measurements and drawing the plan, which is really a nice piece of work.  These planes really are a lot of fun. They fly great and are a good way to get into flying with floats, towing streamers or gliders, or doing touch and goes all afternoon.