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Old 08-22-2005 | 04:22 PM
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From: Son, NORWAY
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Just adding a few Vampire pictures. I know it is the T11 and not the real fighter, but it has served me well for 6 years now. One of the best models for turbine in my opinion. Easy turbine installation, roomy fuselage, simple landing gear (well maybe the nose gear could be a bit tricky) on the technical side and very good handling on the ground and in the air on the pilot side.
It is powered now by its third turbine, a JetCat P-80 after beeing flown earlier with both Turbomin and SimJet. The P-80 gives more than enough power for a scale presentation. Own made tank of 4 liter capasity, BVM retracts, wheels and brakes. Empty weight 9.5 kilos.
Functional bang-bang air operated speed-brakes coupled with 4 ea 80 degree flap panels gives nice flat power on approaches and slow landing speeds.
A dual channel gyro on the ailerons really helps to dampen the dutch roll tendency in gusty conditions. At present, the rudders are fixed, this is not optimum in crosswind conditions but only required (in my country anyway) for narrow runways.
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