Cardboard Aeroplanes

kfallon

Any remember the name of the old cardboard aeroplanes you could buy in packets, they were usually old fighter planes. You stuck the wings thru the main body of the plain and then attached a plastic propellor to the front and got hours of fun throwing them around.

Anyone remember the name???

Danco

They were called Power Prop Flying Gliders. I think they were made of foam though, rather than cardboard.

kfallon

Danco wrote: »

They were called Power Prop Flying Gliders. I think they were made of foam though, rather than cardboard.

Spot on, it was foam rather than cardboard!

kfallon

http://www.sivac-aero.com/WebRoot/ce_fr/Shops/165055/474D/77C1/29D4/8B5F/118E/3EC1/CD19/7666/MM35016.jpg

lord lucan

kfallon wrote: »

http://www.sivac-aero.com/WebRoot/ce_fr/Shops/165055/474D/77C1/29D4/8B5F/118E/3EC1/CD19/7666/MM35016.jpg

That's the one. Went through tonnes of them as a kid. Hours of amusement from something so cheap and simple!:)

toe_knee

Yeah, great yokes. Bought some last week. Can't remeber how much they were but pretty sure they were under a euro

bullets

before the foam ones, there was the ones
that were made from Balsa wood, came with piano wire undercarridge with wheels, and a red propeller that was wound (how do you spell that word?) and powered by a rubber band so the Plane would take off from a foot path and start to fly.

Also before the foam ones there was actually Stunt Flyers
made from Cardboard sold in flat packets, with a metal weight on the nose of the plane. They came in Yellow, Blue and Red. and did loops when you threw them indoors.

~B

kfallon

toe_knee wrote: »

Yeah, great yokes. Bought some last week. Can't remeber how much they were but pretty sure they were under a euro

Where did you get them? Might buy a few for my nephews if I can get them

CiDeRmAn

Used to love those planes, my fave was one based on the mosquito, with twin engines!
And a similar kit based on the P-38 lightning, again with twin engines, nice!