In the fifties you could buy a balsa/paper/plastic prop/wire airplane with LANDING GEAR and rolling wheels and rubber band NOT included. 15 cents. They flew like a dream.

wow, thank you so much for walking us through your trimming thoughts and process. VERY educational, very cool. .. those flights? were better than anything I've ever done, seeing it in a rainfall? cmon amigo - that was awesome.... it was also nice to see the shop. a proverbial peek-behind-the-magic-curtain. :)

I bought one of these kits but unfortunately my son threw up all over myself and the model as I was putting the final touches on the model. It was supposed to be a surprise present for his 27th birthday but we will order him another one in the coming months. Thanks for all the great videos, looking forward to being able to finally fly one of your creations.

Great video. My first NoCal was a little Zero, with plans found online and shrunk down to what I could fit on my printer. I used scrap balsa to build it, and amazingly, it flew for 30 seconds on it's 2nd flight outside. Total luck, as I have never built one before, and my free flight experience was limited to Guillow's kits, which all flew for less time than that. My second try was a Dauntless, and let's just say it needs some massaging to sort out properly.

In your opening flight I thought for sure your plane was going to land on the roof. Like mine. Along with balls. Frisbees. My sweater and trowel left behind when I last cleaned the gutters ;) Actually, amazing flight! This looks like just about the best hobby I can get started with the grandkids. Fun and educational. Cheers

Simply cool . Thanks for the trim tips

A Brainbuster style of turn. The joke is that we fly in a silo. We did actually fly in a silo laid on its side shaped space when we flew in the NASA Langley wind tunnel.

Another enjoyable trimming session and a neat kit! Any chance you might add another…P51D type? I’m sending this video to my friend, English parents. I assume the coloration might be by marker, nothing brushed on.

hey josh! i’ve been looking through a lot of your indoor model and saw that you had a giant stick to stop the airplane. Do you by chance know what that stick is called?

Hi Sir Josh! im a newbie and dont know much about this stuff but i am very keen in building planes.I have built 4 test planes out of broom stick sticks and used kite paper to cover the body.I would like to know any other alternatives for covering. and can you recommend me some of your videos on trimming ?

Very easy nocal airplane can make easily at home.

Peck Polymers used to be my go-to shopping place, however the demise of hobby shops has made free flight hardware impossible to buy in person. Can you recommend websites?

Much better than the balsa wood things, from the 80s!!!! Coulde never get them to fly worth a flying f--k

I need to stop watching your videos cuzz it makes me wanna start building again, altho have sevreal sitting around that need some xersize😎

So how do you balance one of those props?

Why do folks say" without further adue " after a long ramble.