Frank Granelli

THINGS ARE CERTAINLY different today for the aspiring
model pilot. Gone, and surely not greatly lamented, are the days
when a new modeler had to spend several months building a
trainer from a wood kit. He or she usually made a few mistakes
along the way; sometimes the kit directions were not very clear or
helpful. Sometimes the instructor spotted these mistakes, such as
poorly or incorrectly mounted control horns, before the first
flight.
However, other problems, such as using the wrong adhesive to
join the wing spars and the parts that strengthen the wing’s center
joint, were undetectable and often fatal to the model when flown.
Even minor damage then often meant weeks of downtime while
repairs were made. A total loss could mean missing a whole
flying season.

JUST WHAT THE model-aviation world needs: another Extra ARF.
If there are not yet a million such kits available, there soon will be.
From small 25-size Extra 300s to monsters that are nearly half the size
of the full-scale aircraft, most model manufacturers offer at least one
version of this popular and successful aerobatic airplane. There are
almost as many different Extra models as there are P-51 Mustang kits,
and there are a million of those. But maybe the situation is not entirely
as it appears