ORIGINAL: bela
This is a wonderful thread. I have an old Gripen plug that has been buried under probably an inch of dust at the back of the shop. I had stopped working on it around the time that skymaster released theirs. The friendliness and expertise in this long running thread makes me want to at least go back and look at how much needs to be done to get this project back on track.
I do have 2 questions...... are there any notable differences between flight qualities of the airworld bird vs the skymaster bird? I remember the sky master bird had a super slow landing speed. also, a few years ago there was a gorgeous gripen in the world masters, does anyone know if that was a scratch built project?
Thnx
Bela
Bela,
Thanks. The main reason I started this thread was so we Gripen modellers could share information/experiences as to what works and what doesn't and several people have commented that the info has been very helpful. It's also great to see Gripens from around the world. Please tell us more about the scratch-built Gripen that you started. What is the size?
I haven't flown my Airworld Gripen yet so I can't comment on the flight characteristics. Ali flew one with a P160 and said it was a dog and needed much more power. Radek Suk in Czechoslovakia installed a BF300 turbine in his and there are several youtube videos and it seems to fly fine. Tom Storvik in Norway has one and there is a video of it on youtube; I think it has a P200.
All the Gripens (particularly the AW Gripen with the scale landing gear location) leap off the ground.
As far as I've been able to determine, there have been two Gripens at the Jet World Masters. Boris Satovski (Russia) entered a JAS-39C (modified Airworld kit) at the 2009 JWM in Israel but the plane didn't fly in the competition. Janos Horvath (Hungary) entered a scratch-built D-model in the 2011 JWM. It also didn't fly in the competition.
Regards,
Jim