RE: Building the Mick Reeves Hawker Hunter
modellflieger
What an excellent setup! Where this you get the air connections? Presumably the electricals are from Maplin Electronics?
Brian Borland
I very much agree with your outlook, however the average is against us. The builder of "Miss Demeaner" (see RCJI) has gone for a P120, together with a re-inforced and double lined jet pipe and ballast in the nose. He has had 5 flights, is well pleased and advises that the new CG on Mick's web site is CORRECT. A friend in my neighborhood is going for a P120 or possibly a P160. This why I am asking for feed back as I am convinced the light weight approach is viable.
Incidentally studiers of Tom Wilkinson's article in RCJI on Jet Pipes (Feb/March 2004) will know that Mick's plan on where to put the engine is WRONG. Inserting the nozzle so close to the pipe will induce collapse (as it did in the article).