Quality of Comet CL planes

Greenman38633 Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:03 am

Morning. Just wondering about the Quality and general flying quality of Comet CR planes. They show up on EBay here and there. To the untrained eye of people like me they look Great. Anyone had any experiences with them ? Thanks

getback Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:24 am

I know there is someone doing upgraded Comet kits but i can't find them ,the ole ones are old and wood can deteriorate over time wraps and all will have to bee replaced Sad

check this place till someone else chimes in >>> https://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?manu=Comet

GallopingGhostler Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:28 am

If you are referring to the Comet ready-to-fly CL planes, there are those here who certainly know more than I do, and some even have these as collector items.

They were short lived, both Wen-Mac later Testors and Cox basically had the market locked in. Duke Fox lost money, had many engines unsold when they cut his order for their planes and Comet discontinued production of the planes. Occasionally his engines show up on the 'Bay with the Comet words and symbol ground off the crankcase. This is how he sold those "excess" engines.

I think also Herkimer lost money too on their OK Cub .06 engines.

Greenman38633 Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:51 pm

Ok thanks. I saw a Comet Mustang for sale a few weeks ago. Of course I couldn’t hold it in my hand a do a good visual inspection but the pictures seemed to show a interesting quality airplane I’m not a big Mustang fan or I would have bought it

rsv1cox Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:14 pm

I'm not familiar with them, but I do know they were offered in both 24" and 12" versions. Out of curiosity, I bought a 12" kit. Die cut parts offer a challange and I see nothing out of the ordinary as to quality. But, as a casual observor I would prefer one of the other manufacturers.

bsadonkill Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:05 am

There is a person who does shot kits of old Comet kits, aerowerkes models. I have never bought one, but I have considered ordering one of the Sterling beginners kits. Or maybe one of the Scientific kits.

akjgardner Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:35 am

bsadonkill wrote:There is a person who does shot kits of old Comet kits, aerowerkes models. I have never bought one, but I have considered ordering one of the Sterling beginners kits. Or maybe one of the Scientific kits.

I have several of his kits , He does nice work

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