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Old 02-08-2014, 11:32 PM
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hi dave they are now available was going to announce it tomorrow
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Old 02-09-2014, 12:53 AM
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G'day Ken, will give you a ring tomorrow and talk to you about it. As you know , I'm still down one jet after my Viper met it's maker at Temora!!
Old 02-09-2014, 01:24 AM
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hi david will talk tomorrow
Old 02-09-2014, 10:38 PM
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Well, bit the bullet and ordered one off Ken today, so maybe the first one in Aussie? A couple of questions, as I will be using my own U/C as I have one spare. I will be powering it with my PST800r (18lbs), so it should go ok!
1/ What size main wheels?
2/ what size nose wheel?
3/ What length is the nose oleo, from top of trunion to axle?
Thanks for your help!
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thanks for the order dave. to those on oz looking for one limited stock available
4 camo left and five in the sport scheme. retracts also avaliable
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Old 02-09-2014, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kmrcjets
thanks for the order dave. to those on oz looking for one limited stock available
4 camo left and five in the sport scheme. retracts also avaliable
regards
ken
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Camo did not know there was a camo version ?
Old 02-09-2014, 11:42 PM
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hi jet flyer sorry meant to write military got myself crossed up
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Old 02-10-2014, 09:13 PM
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I was sorting through all of my old collection of RC Jet International magazines and came across this article from April/2001. It would seem that jet modelers have been playing around with type of design for many years. Probably for good reason, as they do fly very well!
Has anybody had the chance to come up with some numbers from my earlier post?
Cheers!
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Old 02-11-2014, 11:13 AM
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Anyone received shipping info?
Old 02-11-2014, 11:27 AM
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Not yet. But they charged my credit card for the second payment Monday.

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Old 02-11-2014, 12:12 PM
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Same here Keith. Payed last payment Monday 2/10. Waiting on tracking info.

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Same here ...hopefully the dam snow will melt soon , so we can try them out when they get here
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Paid in full as well....shipping instructions sent and waiting......

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Old 02-12-2014, 12:05 AM
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just opened dave's model for a look . am very impressed with the quality great sturdy construction
gonna have to get one for myself purely as a demo model you understand will chuck a K100G on
it to get her going. dave the shipping company is picking your's up in the morning. enjoy
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Originally Posted by kmrcjets
just opened dave's model for a look . am very impressed with the quality great sturdy construction
gonna have to get one for myself purely as a demo model you understand will chuck a K100G on
it to get her going. dave the shipping company is picking your's up in the morning. enjoy
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Looking forward to delivery next week and start the assembly. Ken, it will go ballistic with a 100 in it! Still, that is what the throttle is for.
Old 02-13-2014, 06:15 PM
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IN COMING!!! Got shipping info today... should have it next week.
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Well people, my Excalibur arrived this afternoon! I must say that I am very impressed with the quality and have already started the build. I t would be nice to use the retracts made for this jet, but having all that I need already lying around, I decided to use what I have. The purpose made oleo's have a very large rake back on the trailing link, so my solution was to drill and tap a 3 mm hole for a small 3 mm screw into the back of the oleo where the spring holder rests against. This holds the trailing link strut out to the right angle to fit into the wheel well. I'm using my three inch Jet Legend wheels and brakes, which appears to be a perfect fit. I will have to shorten the oleo's to suit by having them machined on a lathe, very easy to do. The kit came with a tank, but at 3 litres, it's huge for my PST800, so I may use a two juice bottle plus a 300 ml header tank, which should give me about 8 mins of flying. Hopefully the pics show what I'm trying to do.
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Old 02-16-2014, 11:14 PM
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hi david good to see it got to you in good time. have sold five so far even weakened and got one
for a demo model. just can't help myself and like I need another jet but am very impressed with
the quality. I will slam a K100G up it's back side for fun start the assembly in the morning
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Old 02-16-2014, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kmrcjets
hi david good to see it got to you in good time. have sold five so far even weakened and got one
for a demo model. just can't help myself and like I need another jet but am very impressed with
the quality. I will slam a K100G up it's back side for fun start the assembly in the morning
ken
Ken, I knew that you could not resist one! I guess that you will be using the stock landing gear, as it looks very nice. With my work commitments at the moment, mine should be ready in around 3 weeks.
Old 02-17-2014, 12:26 AM
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hi going to use trim aircraft electric retracts tony has modified his trailing link struts to suite
fitted a set to a customers xcalibur yesterday they are spot on
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Old 02-17-2014, 03:03 AM
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Is that a new colour scheme?
Old 02-17-2014, 03:29 AM
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Stock military scheme...
Old 02-17-2014, 04:21 AM
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Sorry, when i saw then red i thought it was a new colour scheme. Is there perhaps a new colour scheme in the pipeline?
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Another local Xcalibur in today for pre flight checks. Now five in our local club!
This is Colin's first jet-retirement prezie to self :-))
Did a good job for first turbine install, tested, set up and test run P-100RX all without a hitch

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Old 02-17-2014, 08:04 AM
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Just a quick up date with my BF100 it fills all the rooms and had to put two spacers at the rear mountings to bring the turbine in center line also put a Ram strobe using two spray caps as the lenze painting one with red polyester and leave the other transparent if you see a lot piping that is because I don't trust these metal T connectors and brought them on the top if in case I had leaks I could just replace them also the plane isnt quit finished yet., http://youtu.be/jo076v26JjU [url]http://youtu.be/0D9IleaK-KM[/url]
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