RE: MK Wild 7
Ibelieve MKstarted kitting it in 1993 (or late 92). It's not shown in my 92 MKcatalog. Ipicked mine up in mid 93. Fuselage is almost half finished (where Ileft off in late 93). May want to complete it now that I'm getting back into the hobby.
It has a deeper lower cowl / air intake for the 120's 4strokes and the pipes, vice the older 60 based designs. The Wild7 was designed around the YS120AC which had the air chamber on the back, hence the redesigned cowling.
The size is representative of what the F3A planeslooked like, prior to going to the large 2meter sizes. and larger engine displacements. At the time, a .602 stroke or 1.20 4 strokewere the max allowed.Remember, the rules were about to change, henceyou didn't hear much ofthe Wild7 as it was rendered obsolete almost immediately due to this fact.
Very nice design and beautiful kit. Imet both Akiba &Naruke in Austria at the F3AWorld Champs in 93, as well as Mr. Kato (Jr.) and the son of Mr. Yamada of YSengine fame.
I don't have ready access to the kit at present, so getting the data for it is a bit difficult.
Matt