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Jasco Electron - 12/7/2001 5:39:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		Anybody built and flown one of these?
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Jasco Electron - 1/6/2002 6:16:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Back in 54/55 I built a Jasco RC kit that I remember as the Jasco Electra. Powered it first with a Wasp .049 which was just enough power for a nice long powered landing. Replaced the .049 with a Cub .074 diesel for the first successful flights. The radio Equipt. was a single hard tube Rcvr. built from a kit from Ace RC operating a Babcock escapement. The Tx was a single tube unit built from a schematic taken from the Ace Grid Leaks Publication. About one flight in ten was successful (meaning any flight that ended on the same field as the take-off, hand launched by the way). A great experience all the way.

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Jasco Electron - 1/6/2002 6:29:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		That's the one! Your experience puts a date on it for me. It shows a hard tube receiver, so I figured early fifties.
It did look a little biggish for an 049 and all that gear, I was thinking of just that engine, the cub diesel, for mine!
Not sure whether I am going to use a modern radio. I may use a citizenship escapement system. Still a lot lighter than your babcock rig!
I have a couple of yards of checkerboard silk socked away for this project...

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Jasco Electra - 1/6/2002 7:26:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		EASYTIGER, Are you building from a kit or do you just have a set of plans. what a kick. It would really be fun to put one of these together with some modern Equipt. I just bought a Hi-tec 555 Rx for a Magic 3D that I,m assembling. One of these with a couple of mini-servos and a triple A battery pack would be great for this plane. Fly all day for pennies. Good luck with your project.
Bob

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Jasco Electron - 1/6/2002 8:01:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		From the origianal kit. That's part of the fun!

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