Well after a month or two of building,
then the first flight on December 22 2001.

Then at Jets over Deland January 28, 2002
was the first hands off hover flight.

On March 04, 2002 at Fl Jets it was flown forward
at low speed with a vertical landing.

On March 16, 2002 it was time to fly it forward like
a reg plane.

Also on March 16, 2002 it crashed... NO MO RIG

The turbine quit at ~40 mph and ~300 feet, it
should have glided better but at 35 lbs and 4 x 10 inch
fans, it glided like a set of car keys.

http://www.corpcomp.com/weeks1/movies/rigcrash.WMV

What was lost .. ? .. The plane is a wreck. As you can see
the airframe is a total loss. But that is it. All the tail rotors
are fine, batteries, gyros, speed controllers ect all OK.

The first rig airframe cost me a few hundred dollars.
The new one should not be very expensive as it will
have a Phil Nuza, molded nomex honey comb nose.

Molded fuel tanks (5-6 min instead of 3min), and heading
hold gyros.

The new plane should be lighter and able to carry more fuel.
(I hope)

Many people have said it may have a transition problem
going from zero airspeed to fast forward flight. On the last
flight this was some what tested, and I can say, this is not
a problem. Some of the hovering was done in 15-20 mph wind
and it worked fine.

As soon as I sell these 4 Isobar kits at Miss afterburner I will
get off my a&& and build R2.

Anybody want to help.. ? Baton Rouge LA,, any time.. ??

Eddie Weeks