RE: [RCSE] Hobie Hawk INSANITY

2000-10-26 Thread Fritz Bien
At 10:10 PM 10/25/2000 -0400, Joel A. Foner wrote: > > Speaking of feeding frenzies, there is a NIB Junior Falcon kit going for > > $147.50 as we speak. This Goldberg kit was $3.95 new, not $99! > > > > -Fritz > >Aw, come on... but what year was it $3.95 new??? > >;) Joel About the same time th

RE: [RCSE] Hobie Hawk INSANITY

2000-10-25 Thread Joel A. Foner
> Speaking of feeding frenzies, there is a NIB Junior Falcon kit going for > $147.50 as we speak. This Goldberg kit was $3.95 new, not $99! > > -Fritz Aw, come on... but what year was it $3.95 new??? ;) Joel RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubsc

Re: [RCSE] Hobie Hawk Insanity, the end

2000-10-25 Thread George Gillburg
At 04:55 PM 10/25/00 -0700, Jim Thomas wrote: >For those interested in this saga, the final price was $785 for the EBay >Hawk. Maybe its time to sell the Nomad kit thats been gathering dust in >my garage. Who knows, I might be able to retire on the proceeds. Boy, I wish I was as lucky in any o

Re: [RCSE] Hobie Hawk INSANITY

2000-10-23 Thread James V. Bacus
At 06:22 PM 10/20/2000, Jim Thomas wrote: >For those of you that want a good laugh, watch the end of the auction >for a NIB Hawk with the extra 10' wing on E-Bay. Go to E-Bay and search >on "Hobie Hawk" Three guys are bidding each other up and are currently >at $660 (as of 430pm Friday). I have

Re: Re(2): [RCSE] Hobie Hawk INSANITY

2000-10-23 Thread Bill Harris
That is true, Jim, and the Hobie Hawks are no doubt worth every cent. I was commenting more on the Feeding Frenzy on eBay than anything else. My current projects are refurbishing an old Windfree and an Oly 99. I've even gone to the extent of getting an empty Kraft Brick case and making a func

Re: [RCSE] Hobie Hawk INSANITY

2000-10-23 Thread Erica and/or Rob
Hey now, Last spring I bought a used hobie hawk (orig) from the guy who taught me u/c back in the sixties. nothing realy wrong with it, some cracked paint on the fuse, but the thing is in plenty good shape, although the covering is a bit brittle. The guy wanted $125 for it, I offered $100

Re(2): [RCSE] Hobie Hawk INSANITY

2000-10-23 Thread Jim Ealy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >For those of you that want a good laugh, watch the end of the auction >for a NIB Hawk with the extra 10' wing on E-Bay. Go to E-Bay and search >on "Hobie Hawk" Three guys are bidding each other up and are currently >at $660 (as of 430pm Friday). This one ends at about