"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Oct 31, 6:39 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:

Is that anything like the rubber band models I used to build when I
was a
young lad?-
I used to use rubber bands to wind up the props on my balsa
airplanes.

Kinda hard to find the planes anymore.



They're still around.

http://www.turnertoys.com/G1/balsa_model_airplanes2.htm

Holy Crap! Look at the prices!
Seems like I remember buying them for a quarter and it included a spare
rubber band.

Eisboch


I was thinking less than a quarter, but that may have been correct. The
toss it, non folding wing models were about 10 cents.


I remember the gliders as being 10 cents also. They had a slotted fuselage
section that allowd you to slide the wing fore and aft to adjust how it
flew. It also had a metal tab on the nose that you could also carefully
adjust.

The rubber band model with the propeller and wire landing gear was the big
buck option.

Eisboch