I fell in love with the Vampire after seeing it at the Kentucky Jets event last summer. There I met Jim Hiller and Eric Clapp of Jet Central/Der Jet. The rest is credit card history.

John Cunningham and I just finished building the Vampire and I wanted to share a way to save on nose weight. From the picture on the left you can see the area next to the nose gear where the UAT is placed. It is supported by the partial box and the gun port in front. In the back it is locked in with a forked wood support that has a blind nut, screw etc. The picture is looking from the bottom up.

I followed Jim Hiller's balance suggestion and placed the CG 15 mm behind the leading spar blade edge. The total of 35 oz of lead was used or 2.18 kg. All components are in front of the duct work as you can see in photo number 2.

Perhaps someone will like what I have done here as the UAT represents close to 8 oz of usable weight instead of lead. The turbine is a Kingtech 100, the flight batteries are 2-3800 LIFE packs, and the turbine battery is a 3800 9.9V Life as well. I have completed taxi tests, braking tests and will perhaps fly it this weekend.

By the way I hope everyone is enjoying the latest RC Jet International Magazine, our Monster Energy Jet Jam is featured in this issue. I am president of the club and want to extend an invitation to everyone here to come out and fly Jets with us.

Here is our clubs web site. www.cvrcclub.com Go to the video page and enjoy the Jets flying in our clear desert skies. We have videos from past jet events there.

Perhaps these suggestions help someone out.

Daniel Metz
CVRC Club President