Its Coming!!!! Skymaster 1/5 F-16 Arf Plus Pro
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the F-16 1/5 ARF kit unpainted List price is $ 2995.- USD, and i had estimated the combo price about 7-8K USD without the ordinance & speed brake set,
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I'm certainly not cheap but 10k is out of my range for an F-16. By the time it's finished with gear etc etc it will run around 15-18k. I have a damn good job and that's just up there. How the hell do people afford jets like this? LOL.
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Oh I am the first and foremost believer in "Jet money is unlimited no matter what" to the bain of my wife but even I can't justify this level of cost. I can understand it in the F14 for example because of the true complexity of the swinging wings etc etc but not on this. Someone mentioned the BVM F-16 being around the same price for a 1/6th scale but people are forgetting that it is a PNP aircraft with all servo's etc included. This jet is just in a whole different world of expense which breaks my heart a bit. Yes I'm well aware that others will be able to afford it and I applaud them. Also by NO means am I saying that the cost isn't justified...I'm just saying it sucks that I can't afford it. LOL
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To much for me thats all I know, I really want another f-16 someday since they fly so nice and I love big models. Im sure plenty of people will still buy them regardless of price.
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Hey Glen
I will get one and you can have a go at the sticks!
Lets see....if I charge you $100 per flight. I should recoup my investment within a year. Better than Vegas!
see you soon!
Dean W.
I will get one and you can have a go at the sticks!
Lets see....if I charge you $100 per flight. I should recoup my investment within a year. Better than Vegas!
see you soon!
Dean W.
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I am not bashing the price at all, just stating what I was told because I have had an interest in the airframe ever since Jeff brought out the intel. SM has always been a good and solid company, glad to see them develop some larger airframes like this one. It is certainly getting "towards" the ScaleJets F-16 kit price but I will say, there is a BIG difference and the gap widens heavily when you see the shop time investment to pull off the ScaleJets kit. Plus, frankly, not a lot of the jet guys could or would try and pull off a kit build on this bird.
SM always does a great job with their ARF's and this puts a 1/5 scale F-16 in a ARF version on the market for them. Grateful for that!
Rex
SM always does a great job with their ARF's and this puts a 1/5 scale F-16 in a ARF version on the market for them. Grateful for that!
Rex
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I am not bashing the price at all, just stating what I was told because I have had an interest in the airframe ever since Jeff brought out the intel. SM has always been a good and solid company, glad to see them develop some larger airframes like this one. It is certainly getting "towards" the ScaleJets F-16 kit price but I will say, there is a BIG difference and the gap widens heavily when you see the shop time investment to pull off the ScaleJets kit. Plus, frankly, not a lot of the jet guys could or would try and pull off a kit build on this bird.
SM always does a great job with their ARF's and this puts a 1/5 scale F-16 in a ARF version on the market for them. Grateful for that!
Rex
SM always does a great job with their ARF's and this puts a 1/5 scale F-16 in a ARF version on the market for them. Grateful for that!
Rex