The Dakota was designed in September 1949 and was Joe Wagner’s first design kitted. The Dakota was designed as a “foolproof”, 1/2A free flight, and incorporated several features that provided automatic stability in flight. The BMJR kit includes all laser cut parts, includes notched wing leading edges and the pre-bent landing gear wire. Everything needed to build this model is in the box except covering, glue, engine and a fuel proof coating. BMJR is delighted to have had the opportunity to work with Joe on his re-release of a true all-time-classic. 24″ span. Model was originally flown with an OK Cub .049. We have also built and flown one with a Baby Bee (went OOS on an almost full tank) and a Pee Wee 020.

1 review for Dakota

Rated 5 out of 5

Dave Hull – January 4, 2026

The Joe Wagner Dakota kit by BMJR was a pleasure to build. The quality was very good, and I didn’t replace anything. The laser cutting was nice, and everything went together very well—the one exception was the length of one of the internal nose doublers. Be sure you get the firewall installed at the angles shown on the plans. I was very pleased at how my Dakota turned out, so much so that I bought a second kit just in case the thermal gods liked it as much as I did!