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BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/10/2007 7:15:49 PM   
manny09


 

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From: MIRAMAR, FL, USA
Status: offline 		Just wondering if anyone has heard any news about BlueJay Models. I would like to order a Dirty Birdy kit for SPA, but their web-site shows the kit "Temporarily Out of Stock". I've sent an e-mail and left a voice mail asking when the kit would be available again, but they don't answer. I don't mind waiting for them to poduce the kit, but the least they could do is let me know if they will be producing the kit.

I'm debating between the King Altair and the Dirty Birdy. I've had several Kaos's and would like to have the Dirty Birdy. If I can't get the kit I'll go with the King Altair. Actually I would still get the King Altair if I get the Dirty Birdy. Can't have too many planes. LOL

Robert (Bob) Cox
Miami, FL
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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/10/2007 9:35:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		The emailed me about a month and a half or so ago and said they hoped to have the dirty birdy kits in within 90 days.

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/10/2007 9:48:10 PM   
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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/10/2007 11:50:14 PM   
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From: Houston, TX, USA
Status: offline 		I built one last year. It's a fantastic airplane and the kit was superb. There was a thread about 2 - 3 months back about it being out of stock and it seems like the answer back then was also 90 days. I was looking at their site again a few days ago. More and more of their kits are showing discontinued.

I hope they get more kits in. I love mine and would like to get another while they're around.

Dave

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/11/2007 4:44:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		I would buy the wing and stab cores from Dynamic Balsa. They're only $27 and $15 respectively:

http://www.dbalsa.com/

The DB fuse is built almost exactly like the Super Kaos with the slab top and sheet sides; it's very quick and easy to build from the plans. You don't need a kit for the fuselage. You could actually put this foam wing version together faster than the built-up Bluejay kit. And, it would even cost less. Tower Hobbies still sells the DB canopy, too:

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXJ932&P=7

David

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/11/2007 1:19:02 PM   
Stripes


 

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Status: online 		Please note that the Tower canopy is curved to fit a curved fuselage not the balsa slab side construction you mention. Certainly it can be trimmed to fit a flat surface though.

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/11/2007 3:09:44 PM   
teamvortex


 

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Status: offline 		I talked to them a couple of days ago and was told that the DB kits are about 60 days out.

Rich

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/11/2007 3:23:53 PM   
rainedave



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ORIGINAL: Stripes

Please note that the Tower canopy is curved to fit a curved fuselage not the balsa slab side construction you mention. Certainly it can be trimmed to fit a flat surface though.


The Dirty Birdy has a curved fuselage top - which is shaped from a slab top. It uses the same exact fuselage construction method as the Kaos series. So does the UFO. And, the GP canopy does fit the Dirty Birdy and UFO perfectly. I know because I am using one.

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/11/2007 6:13:22 PM   
mmattockx


 

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Status: offline 		If having one soon is a priority, just order the plans from RCM and scratchbuild one. It is a simple build and that feels even better than building from a kit... If you go the plans route, there is also the UFO as done magnificently by Rainedave in his build thread. I had this same go around with Bluejay on the XLT kits last summer. They were listed as temporarily out of stock and I was told new kits available by late July/early August 2006. They are STILL out of stock and look like never coming back...

http://www.rcmmagazine.com/store/store-plans-catalog-tem.html?item=plans:pl-602&sid=00015MyZOtQMso4hhQ2m7C2

http://www.rcmmagazine.com/store/store-plans-catalog-tem.html?item=plans:pl-698&sid=00015MyZOtQMso4hhQ7u2C3


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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/11/2007 6:22:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		I too have been inquiring about the Bluejay kits since last Fall. The DB foam wings and scratchbuild fuse sounds like a good route to go.

Scott

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/12/2007 12:33:29 AM   
Stripes


 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rainedave

The Dirty Birdy has a curved fuselage top - which is shaped from a slab top. It uses the same exact fuselage construction method as the Kaos series. So does the UFO. And, the GP canopy does fit the Dirty Birdy and UFO perfectly. I know because I am using one.


Were you the guy who criticized my DB for not being shaped well enough when I posted a picture of it?

Hey, my DB came from an original Bridi kit and came with a canopy that was intended for a flat surface right in the box. The Tower is not the same.

I don't have a dog in this fight other than to warn people that the Tower isn't what Bridi supplied. Will it work? Yea sure, but you have to adjust.

. . .and IF I do another DB it will be more shapely. Sorry to offend the purists with my lazy rendition.

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/12/2007 6:48:16 AM   
rainedave



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ORIGINAL: Stripes

Were you the guy who criticized my DB for not being shaped well enough when I posted a picture of it?



Hi Stripes. No, that wasn't me. I've never intentionally criticized anyone who builds; I've only commended and praised other's work on these forums. And, I'm by no means a purist, either. I actually find it surprising that anyone in this forum would criticize your's or anyone else's work. Everyone around here is so supportive and helpful! In fact, it's a haven for builders. It's too bad that it happened. BTW, I don't remember seeing your finished Troublemaker. Did you post more photos of it? Thanks,

David

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/12/2007 12:37:11 PM   
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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/12/2007 9:13:54 PM   
Stripes


 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rainedave

. . . BTW, I don't remember seeing your finished Troublemaker. Did you post more photos of it? Thanks,

David



Well there is a good and simple reason for that. It isn't finished yet. I'm getting static from the guys at my flying field for being slow on this project, but, well all I can say is that progress is taking place although it is slow. That tends to happen when I'm not all that happy with the way things are going. The thing is nose heavy and I'm having to put a lot of radio gear to the rear.

The Dirty Birdy is an easier build.

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/13/2007 2:34:43 AM   
rainedave



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ORIGINAL: Stripes
The thing is nose heavy and I'm having to put a lot of radio gear to the rear.


Hmm... sounds like a job for the new lightweight Enya .61CX. 18.25ozs w/muffler:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6070637/tm.htm

David

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RE: BlueJay Models Dirty Birdy - 7/13/2007 7:46:50 PM