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Old 01-13-2003, 07:53 PM
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I did assemble and fly one of these beasts several years ago. You can see the aircraft on the Florida Jets 2000 tape or Joe Lupton's on the Mid Atlantic Jet pictures. I too thought it would be a good flyer since it was the Navy Trainer. I made inlet ducting, exhaust ducting, created a cheater hole and dropped a Dynamax and O.S .91 in for power. The beast was heavy and exceeded the 7-9 pound target. The C.G and unsettling flying charactoristics were exciting to say the least. With redesign for a turbine toy with todays building tecniques, this could be a great subject even as a single T-2J. I am still undecided about the underslung engine configuration. This engine location and thrust line does present some problems as defined in the basic Navy fighter aircraft publication.
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