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Old 10-23-2006 | 09:20 AM
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Default RE: Looking for help in two unique projects

That could only be the JD Enterprises/Masterfly/ITP Crusader.
I did one, flew it with Byron power, then converted it to turbine, but never got around to flying it with turbine.
It flew very well with Byron power, faster than expected.
For turbine, you need to beef up some things, like the fin, gear mounts, stab mounts...not that big a deal. But if I were you, I would take the kit out and examine the fit of the glass parts, like the hatch, canopy frame, and gear doors, before starting. You can spend a LOT of time trying to get them to fit if they do not match. The tooling for that kit is very old.
Century Jets made me struts with the 45' angle on them. I think there may be better gear out there nowadays, maybe the new JL scale F-16 gear or something, the Yellow scale F-16 gear. You really need gear doors. It looks pretty hideous without them. As they come with the kit, they are enormous one piece doors, if you make them two piece it would be better.
You can also do something about the stab servos sticking out the side of the fuselage, they could go inside.

Tam did the pipe for me, for a Ram500, he probably still has the specs.

The vacuform plastic wing LE extensions and ventral fins are very subject to hangar rash, you might consider replacing them, or filling their leading edges with CF rod or something.