Sig Manufacturing's Rascal EP-49

摘要

Sig Manufacturing began in the early 1950s when Glen and Hazel Sigafoose started cutting balsa parts in their basement. Although it appeared then as a freeflight model powered by rubber bands, the Rascal began flying shortly thereafter. It's hard to imagine any product that was designed in the 1950s being relevant today but, as we have seen many times in the full scale aviation world, some of those early designs are tough to beat. The Cessna 172/182, Beechcraft Bonanza, Piper Cub, Aeronca Champ, and many others were designed more than 50 years ago. Not only are they being flown, most are in production even today.