Richard Clayton 4

I built my Lo-boy without the flap as I only had a 4 chanel radio back then. A good reliable Fleet Custom 111 35mhz jobbie. I was one of the first in my club on 35Mhz. A lot of the others still were on 27Mhz AM sets.

Chris. The Lo-boy 5 with flap is how they marketed the original version (see my pics of the 2 different boxes earlier on the thread). The revamped version was still 5 channel with a central flap but the box featured this less prominently and just called the model a Lo-boy 5Edited By Richard Clayton 4 on 17/05/2018 22:06:14

As far as I can tell te Lo-boy was always sold as a 5 channel model with a central flap. It certainly looks much better after the makeover. This is the box for the original I built and still have ready to hopefully restore. This is the box for the unbuilt kit I have just bought

Posted by Robin Colbourne on 16/05/2018 18:46:01: As I recall, the Super Nova was right at the end of Precedent production and a possible counter to the flood of low wing loading ARTFs that had started arriving.. From what I remember, the fuselage was pre-built. That matches up with the one that has popped up on ebay. It looks as it the fuselage and built up wings were already made and ready to be covered. Hopefully I will find out how well it flies before too long. Looks very like a large Hi-Boy with a moulded cowl and windscreen.

Hi Levanter I have already tried to get in contact with Dave and at the moment I am awaiting a reply..He dosen't appear to have been on the forum for a little while. This is the Hi-Boy Supernova that I have aquired. I would really love to know if it is a real Precedent model.

Still no one appears to know anything about the hi boy supernova. If it was a Precedent model, that can't have sold many.

Hi. I have just re-started in the hobby after a few years off (about 30 actually) and I have started to get some Precedent models together since I loved my Hi-Boy and then Low-Boy back in the day. I have managed to get a well built but un-flown Hi-Boy series 2 and an un-built kit for a Hi-Boy series 2 as well as an un-built kit for a Low-Boy. I have also purchased what is badged as a Precedent Hi-Boy Supernova, this has what appears to be the correct original decals to back this up. It is a scaled up Hi-Boy with 72inch 2 part built up wings and a steerable nosewheel. The person I purchased it from has had it for some time but knows nothing of its origin. I have done a lot of searching around the internet and Facebook groups and can find no reference to a Hi-Boy Supernova or Precedent Supernova. I was coming to the conclusion that it was a home build based on a scaled up Hi-Boy but another unbuilt ARTF (just needs to be covered) Precedent Supernova has just popped up on ebay. This leads me to believe it was an offering from Precedent but I would love to know more about this model, was it released in the Balsacraft or SLEC era etc and anything else anyone can remember about its origin. I also have a question about the Low-Boy. I still have my original Low-Boy (in a hopefully restorable condition), but the unbuilt Low-Boy kit I have just bought appears to be considerably updated from my original model. The entire fuselage has been updated with a totally different canopy design and rear turtle deck. Does anybody remember when it was updated and why it was still sold as a lowboy 5 rather than calling it a series 2 like the Hi-Boy. Thanks Richard