Dieselman1220

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That's great Henry will do.

Mike06659

Is the Tornado still in production? If so, what are they running now?
Thanks,
Mike

Dieselman1220

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Call Henry he may have some coming in

Mike06659

Thanks Dieselman

Mike06659

Has anyone outfitted their Tornado with Savox Servos? I have had good luck with them on my DV8R and might do this build with them as well. If so, please give me a list of what you used.

Thanks,
Mike

Dieselman1220

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I'm building my 4th tornado now I've used savox servos on 3 of them. I'm using the 1256tg for ailerons, and the 252mg for flaps and steering, airtronics 94820 for rudder and elevator.

Mike06659

Thanks Dieselman. Why so many builds?

Dieselman1220

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I always end up selling them people see how well they fly and start asking about it. When they find out I don't have 10k invested and that
you can get into this jet for about as much as a giant scale model, it just kinda sells it's self. They make a great beater jet so I'll always have one in my fleet.

Mike06659

What's everyone else using on the elevator and rudder for servos?

phantom_najd

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I tried three methods on three different Tornados. The first was the standard method as advised in the manual, the second was the standard method but I split the elevator and the last was using JR 8411 installed in the middle of the horizontal stab and it is the one I am flying now. All worked great but if I were to do it all over again I would go with the split elevator for redundancy purposes. As for the rudder I always go with the standard method shown in the manual.

Azzam

Mike06659

Thank you Azzam. I might have to try the split elevator method then. What model/brand servos did you use for the elevator and rudder then?

phantom_najd

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I used HS-5245MG servos.

Azzam

txshan130

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I am using Hitec 225mg for elevator

Dieselman1220

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Airtronics 94820 on rudder and elevator

Mike06659

Thanks boyz!

PHall

I thought I would post a few pics of how I laid out my "radio" compartment. The first level is servos and air. The second level is fuel and switches. Four screws and the second level is removed for access to the tank and first level. Receiver, Match Boxes, and regulators are velcro attached to the fuse in front of the tank.

BaldEagel

I don't know if you have, because I can't see from your pic's too clearly, but its always a good idea to keep the fuel low and the electrics high so if you do get a fuel leak your electrics don't sit in it.

Mike

Jetfan20

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Hi All,

With about half tank of fuel my Tornado's main trailing links compress about halfway down is this normal or are the springs softer now? This is my second Tornado and my first one full of fuel barely compressed. Is there a stiffer spring available or a easy solution to fix what I have out there?

Thanks in Advance!

PHall

I have one gear that is "compressed" and one that isn't. By manually working the gear you can tell that one spring is easier to extend than the other. I'm going to get a new set of srings from Dreamworks or swap the spring from the nose wheel.

StevL

Retract Question: I have one main retract that has a fairly large air leak, the entire system will deploy the retracts due to loss of air pressure in about 8 minutes.

Not being familiar with spring air how and what would I look at? It isn't the lines, it is in the retract itself and no I haven't disassembled without asking first. I did email spring air about 3 weeks ago and never received a reply.

Thanks!!
Steve

Rod_Hart

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Best thing to do for spring air repair is to mail it to Spring Air then give them a call. I sent an 101HD main that I have had 20 years that was leaking. He fixed it for free. It need a new o-ring. It is a great company to deal with.

Rod

StevL

Yep this is a new one that I just installed in my Tornado, I may have to peek inside.

Thanks Rod

Steve

Backplate

Hey Guys,
Are these Tornado's still available if so where from, I don't think Henry stocks them any more? Where in china are they made & are those people still making them?
Thanks.

kmrcjets

hi backplate I have them in Australia V3 carbon falcons (tornado's usa. kestrels uk) all the same thing made in china.
the company does not sell retail gotta get them from a dealer. look at kingtech turbines Australia web site can ship to nz
ken

ModellbauUK

I have stocks in the UK. Running a combo deal with JetsMunt VT80 and Ramtec Retracts (far better than the SpringAir retracts and cost roughly the same)

PM me if you would like further details

Ian