Any news the Mibo A-6 intruder?
#53
Lol, I have heard that before. When a company says a fair price that usually means "I hope you pockets are deep". All I know is what I paid for my 1/6th scale A-6 landing gear and it was NOT cheap and they are extremely detailed. I was very impressed with the level of machine work that went into them. But in such small quantities there is no way that you will be able to make them for significant savings. I dont think most people truly understand how massive a set of 1/6th scale A-6 gear really are, they are HUGE! I am eager to see yours though.
#54
Im probably wrong, but wouldnt it be smarter for Xtreme to release their other models first? I mean i havent seen a single person other than the thread that Xtreme/wagner started about an Xtreme ARF model anywhere. To me that must mean there are not a lot of people interested in them due to a lack of publicity.
FYI the models are sold out for this year only left 1 viper and 1 hawk, we have orders to deliver in march of next year already, so publicity is not an issue.
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well plans are started already, I started to research and collect information and pictures for them, if you guys have more pic details, LG details send to me, this thread is for the Mibo A6 and I do not like to hijack the thread so I will open a new one and give you guys updates on the development.
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Ian, I understand your point but maybe you will be surprised, anyway we will not know the price before 2016 though, now the picture bellow is for the T50 landing gear, look at the complexity of it, they are working on it now for 105" scale T50, it will be ready beginning of the next year then I can tell you the price of it.
Those look like plain old F-16 gear to me. Been done many times and mass produced like crazy and most places charge $1200-$1500 for those. If you hit that price for the A-6 gear then you will have something but I think you will be more realistically in the range of about $2000 for the whole gear set.
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Those look like plain old F-16 gear to me. Been done many times and mass produced like crazy and most places charge $1200-$1500 for those. If you hit that price for the A-6 gear then you will have something but I think you will be more realistically in the range of about $2000 for the whole gear set.
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Ahh, I see now. Well we should compare apples to apples instead of scale gear to model gear.
Yes, it looks like there is one extra cylinder on the T-50. Very similar gear though. Looks like the geometry is the same though so most of the engineering is done for you guys.
Yes, it looks like there is one extra cylinder on the T-50. Very similar gear though. Looks like the geometry is the same though so most of the engineering is done for you guys.
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Last year the company surveyed the market, it was very extensive and clever questions on that, I do not know if you have participated on that but attached to the survey there was a sweepstakes and they gave away a Viper air-frame the winner was David Jackson, but answer your question the KAI T50 was first place followed by the PAC FA T50 and then followed by T45 and others in sequence. So based on the data received for the survey, that was done worldwide, they decided to go ahead with the T50 project. According to Niki in another thread it will be a another survey next year.
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I have to admit, it would be cool to see a giant-scale A-6. Hope it comes to market (back in the 80's, the easiest way to own an A-6 was to buy and acre of land in Dare County, NC and wait...but I digress.)
Now, if someone really wants to do it right, they need to make an A-6 version that has green rotating beacons and a refueling hose. Then one of the bubbas that has an F-14 could add a functional refueling probe. The two could do a fly-by with the Tomcat 'tanking' off of the Intruder...after all, the first mission of an attack-jet is to give gas to a fighter.
Now, if someone really wants to do it right, they need to make an A-6 version that has green rotating beacons and a refueling hose. Then one of the bubbas that has an F-14 could add a functional refueling probe. The two could do a fly-by with the Tomcat 'tanking' off of the Intruder...after all, the first mission of an attack-jet is to give gas to a fighter.
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I have to admit, it would be cool to see a giant-scale A-6. Hope it comes to market (back in the 80's, the easiest way to own an A-6 was to buy and acre of land in Dare County, NC and wait...but I digress.)
Now, if someone really wants to do it right, they need to make an A-6 version that has green rotating beacons and a refueling hose. Then one of the bubbas that has an F-14 could add a functional refueling probe. The two could do a fly-by with the Tomcat 'tanking' off of the Intruder...after all, the first mission of an attack-jet is to give gas to a fighter.
Now, if someone really wants to do it right, they need to make an A-6 version that has green rotating beacons and a refueling hose. Then one of the bubbas that has an F-14 could add a functional refueling probe. The two could do a fly-by with the Tomcat 'tanking' off of the Intruder...after all, the first mission of an attack-jet is to give gas to a fighter.
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For you guys that are interested in the A6 according this post http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-j...le-change.html xtreme ARF is anticipating its project for march next year, soon I have more information I will open a development thread for the A6.