JAS-39 Gripen Owners/Build Thread
07-30-2013, 08:30 PM
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RE: JAS-39 Gripen Owners/Build Thread
I got some great new Gripen detailed pics thanks to an IJMC contact. These are all photos of JAS-39D s/n 9819
1) Jacking point in front of the nose gear
2) Release marking on underside of the wingtip missile rail
3) GPS sensor behind the cockpit
4) Antenna and sensor in front of nose gear
5) Outboard aileron hinge - top view
6) Middle aileron hinge - top view
7) Inboard aileron hinge - top view
8) Tail strobe and aft sensor
Regards,
Jim
1) Jacking point in front of the nose gear
2) Release marking on underside of the wingtip missile rail
3) GPS sensor behind the cockpit
4) Antenna and sensor in front of nose gear
5) Outboard aileron hinge - top view
6) Middle aileron hinge - top view
7) Inboard aileron hinge - top view
8) Tail strobe and aft sensor
Regards,
Jim
07-31-2013, 04:49 AM
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RE: JAS-39 Gripen Owners/Build Thread
Hi Jim
Great to see the guys are still very active on the thread.
I had some damages on my blue, white and red Gripen but I about 50% finised with repairs for Oudtshorn Scale 2013.
What I am really looking foward to is the Jet World Masters. Also to meet you and the other Gripen builders in Switzerland. I will be a helper for the South African team. Bad news to see you are not on the pilot list. I was looking foward to see the big Gripen in the air.
Regards
Pierre
Great to see the guys are still very active on the thread.
I had some damages on my blue, white and red Gripen but I about 50% finised with repairs for Oudtshorn Scale 2013.
What I am really looking foward to is the Jet World Masters. Also to meet you and the other Gripen builders in Switzerland. I will be a helper for the South African team. Bad news to see you are not on the pilot list. I was looking foward to see the big Gripen in the air.
Regards
Pierre
07-31-2013, 05:55 AM
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RE: JAS-39 Gripen Owners/Build Thread
Pierre,
Sorry to hear that you dinged your Gripen a bit but at least it will be back in the air soon.
Yeah, I would have preferred to be on the pilot list but a hard drive crash and a burglary significantly delayed my build. Still, I'm really happy to be going to Switzerland to call for Andy Andrews and am looking forward to meeting you and other jet enthusiasts from around the world.
Regards,
Jim
Sorry to hear that you dinged your Gripen a bit but at least it will be back in the air soon.
Yeah, I would have preferred to be on the pilot list but a hard drive crash and a burglary significantly delayed my build. Still, I'm really happy to be going to Switzerland to call for Andy Andrews and am looking forward to meeting you and other jet enthusiasts from around the world.
Regards,
Jim
09-02-2013, 01:14 PM
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Finaly we got our pics on the splinter camo!
We have 86 pics in a RAR compressed file 65mb.
If someone are interested send me a pm.
Regards
Niclas
We have 86 pics in a RAR compressed file 65mb.
If someone are interested send me a pm.
Regards
Niclas
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09-02-2013, 11:02 PM
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I have my own IKEA kit!
It is almost ready. I only have some buttons to assemble in the cockpit ,and a big box with things I don`t know were to put?
/Niclas
It is almost ready. I only have some buttons to assemble in the cockpit ,and a big box with things I don`t know were to put?
/Niclas
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09-02-2013, 11:10 PM
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Very sharp pic there, Niclas 
Clarification... the file will not be e-mailed, it will be downloadable from an URL
/Mats
Clarification... the file will not be e-mailed, it will be downloadable from an URL
/Mats
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10-20-2013, 08:45 AM
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Hi Jim
JWM also something of the past. What an experiance. Here are some photo's of "Men at work" Jim and Andy from Team America. And some to show my Gripen repaired and flying again.
Pierre
JWM also something of the past. What an experiance. Here are some photo's of "Men at work" Jim and Andy from Team America. And some to show my Gripen repaired and flying again.
Pierre
11-26-2013, 04:16 AM
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Thanks Pierre,
I probably won't have the lightest Gripen built because I plan to install gear doors but I'm powering it with a relatively light Wren 75/80 producing roughly 18 pounds of thrust. It seems that several people on this thread put in larger and heavier turbine units that also needed additional fuel to achieve acceptable flight times.
I switched out the stock air retracts for the Pro-Line Hercules electric retracts from Dreamworks RC. They are slightly bigger and heavier than the stock air retracts but now I don't have to install air tanks, valves, servos, failsafe switches, and air lines for the landing gear. They even come with an option to add electric brakes if I want to switch out the wheels. For the time being I'm going to make use of the e-brake system that BVM offers which uses a single high torque servo to pressurize the brake system.
I really don't like the orange and yellow colors on the Jet Legend plane that I purchased so I'm probably going to tape them off, lightly sand them and then re-spray the areas black and silver respectively. It won't be a professional paint job by any means but I think it will look better than the stock orange and yellow colors.
I probably won't have the lightest Gripen built because I plan to install gear doors but I'm powering it with a relatively light Wren 75/80 producing roughly 18 pounds of thrust. It seems that several people on this thread put in larger and heavier turbine units that also needed additional fuel to achieve acceptable flight times.
I switched out the stock air retracts for the Pro-Line Hercules electric retracts from Dreamworks RC. They are slightly bigger and heavier than the stock air retracts but now I don't have to install air tanks, valves, servos, failsafe switches, and air lines for the landing gear. They even come with an option to add electric brakes if I want to switch out the wheels. For the time being I'm going to make use of the e-brake system that BVM offers which uses a single high torque servo to pressurize the brake system.
I really don't like the orange and yellow colors on the Jet Legend plane that I purchased so I'm probably going to tape them off, lightly sand them and then re-spray the areas black and silver respectively. It won't be a professional paint job by any means but I think it will look better than the stock orange and yellow colors.
12-07-2013, 07:04 AM
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Bey ye guys I know this is old thread but I just got one of these kits from a good guy
anyways I want this to be my scale I really want weapons and copit like this. So anyone know were we can get these weapons and copit?
looking for good fighter paint skeem as mine is in grey primer
also I'm thinking about power I was thinking AMT 180 or older P80 hosted up to 21 pounds. Thanks guy
12-20-2013, 01:51 PM
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I think Jet cat P100 or K 100 will be better, keep it light and you will be like it more , I'm working on one with B100 F for power
not for speed flying , just for vertical clime out when you needed and do some aerobatic, I wish some model manufacture can make little bigger size than this
Good luck with your jet
Tuan
not for speed flying , just for vertical clime out when you needed and do some aerobatic, I wish some model manufacture can make little bigger size than thisGood luck with your jet
Tuan
12-21-2013, 02:22 AM
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Must agree. My P80 gets the Gripen up with no hassle. Cannards are fixed, so the canard servo has been taken out. Less weight with smooth rotations. Turbine moved foward about an inch to cancel any noseweight. With this weight(I have never weighed it but I know it is ligther than standerd) it does flies very well but fast.
Enjoy
Pierre
Enjoy
Pierre