well............................ ok.. i had a fairly decent b-day.... and i accually got the bird going.... here is a list of my problems....

first off i really impressed the jet guys with my ducted fan car.. only to realize that i wasnt reaching full throttle mecahnically.... FIXED

after adjusting the thrott... went to start it to make sure its going to run and to adjust the pipe... only to pop the starter line.... but the engine ran... ( unfortuantly due to mechanical issues it was rigged to start/idle at half throttle..)

out came the fan and waited a hour and a half for my dad to bring me the replacement i had... starter on now... pulls...runs awsume.... (previous owner said that it sounded better than when he owned it)

refuled/ started taxied out... wind change... taxi to other end... repeat... then flip (because of wind)

restart, taxi.... change direction... full throttle... release the beast... good roll... easy up... easy... cleard the runway.. turn east (toward electric fence) wind shifts again (tail wind now) engine dies... nose over.... waaaam! receiver opens its eyes to daylight and dirt...

id admit.. if for what ever reason the engine didnt quit it would of flown just fine... id say it took maybe 3/4 of our 600' asphalt strip and was at a great climb angle.... it was the sudden tail wind and flame out that killed me... i had a grin on my face all through the breif fight... it responded well..... now that i got my feet wet in ducted fans... im ready to work up to the bigger boys... but first i got a few ideas for that fan.. i see some improvements that are being made.. and it craves to go in a mini................................ < secret prodject!! sorry... however... i wish that i had enough for one of those mini turbines... some solid sheet tail feathers.. and about 4 hrs of repair to the nose and the a-7 would be splended.... im not giving up on this airframe..

but another problem is that i painted the nose again after the last crash... maybe that is my bad luck... spent about 2 hrs airbrushing exaust & other lil details...too... but all in all what little i did get from its flight... i enjoyed it... but for now... my mini.............................. is what is going to do the trick.... stay tuned.....

has anyone else built a new airframe for the toki fan????