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Old 08-07-2008 | 01:25 PM
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RonLongAZ
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Default RE: Missing Skymaster F-18 thread?

Bob,

It is true Kevin was referred to me to help me move the Metal-morph BVM saber I purchased from Greg Anixter. It was a very expensive jet. I think he thought here is my meal ticket. When he finished moving the jet it went about 8 miles to its hanger from there I showed him this star fire jet that I planned on learning how to fly with. He said no, no, no you need a king cat that will be the plane to teach you

How to fly. I said OK next thing I ask is how much do I owe you for the moving of this plane? Next this is a QUOTE. Kevin states ( WHAT WE DO FOR EACH OTHER IN THE HOBBY IS WE BUY EACH OTHER THINGS FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED) So here is what I will do he tells me. We will order you a BVM king cat I will build it I will teach you to fly and for this I will charge you a jet cat titan. I say ok?

Next Kevin is on the phone to Patti at BVM ordering the king cat all the servos the leads the glue the works and 2 Titan motors with kero start.As I leave his house I am scratching my head saying to myself ( I just wanted a plane moved and now I have just spent $14,000.009 How did this happen. Next he slaps the king cat together in a few weeks and takes me out to fly, Oh I am leaving out that we flew his king cat a few times till his motor needed service and then the new one was done and we flew that. The first flight tire goes rolling off next the thing

Was squirmy all over the runway when you did land (he did not install the screws in the tires next and most important. The servos that we ordered for the flaps had been back ordered So Kevin on his own went to the local hobby shop and bought some JR mini sport servos and installed them. No one but Kevin new this. So here I go doing practice approaches with the flaps down what happens the servos fail

after about the 3rd approached I start to lose control Vin is standing next to us and tells Kevin put up the flaps Kevin does and then next brings it in to land he is to hot goes around shuts down the motor and is still too hot and bounces the plane all the way down the runway through the over run and into the desert. We picked up the king cat in multiple pieces. I should have learned then that king cat had

About 8 flights on it when this happened. I was so disgusted that I bought another one Kevin charged me another $2000.00 to build that one. Don't you think that maybe you would contribute your own labor to build if you wreck the plane to begin with? Oh no next he wrecks the bandit I finally had enough, and parted ways. Even after all of this Kevin in his warped mind still thinks he deserves that Titan

Motor.


Ronald R Long