The national insignia were from the stock kit, the other markings were cut from trim MonoKote, the sharkmouth was hand painted. Here's a comparison shot.
AEROSCALE

Here's another view......

Hey Aeroscale, Nice Pics!!!Looks like you got a corral full of ponies!! Keep up the good work!!! I'VE GOT THE 52" KIT ,I 'm thinking about doing it up as the Pave pony (ov-10d) version with the elongated nose and green/grey/black Marine Corp. camo.w/ Sidewinder missiles +white rocket pods for a payload. Only thing to do now, is find markings(black stars-n-bars and lettering) and the time to build!!!!!JEFF

Its been a few months, but shes finally ready to fly. I'm going to do some last minute engine tuning tonight, and test fly it in the morning.

I'll be sure to get some pics before the flight and post over the weekend, with a short flight review posted here.

Even though this is an arf, theres still quite a bit of work to get it right. The kit would be a pretty good project.

Hope all goes well, I'll let you know tommorrow night.

Hi,

I am flying a twin Armadillo rated at.25-.40 (non ABC). I am using 2 .40 OS LAs, the biggest engine recommended. However, I am also at 4700 Feet above sealevel. The performance of these engines is fair to good, they seem to be able to pull little more than their own weight at this altitude. I would recommend a .46 engine with ABC in my situation. It seems lots of people here are sticking huge engines in their planes to match the normal sized ones at sea level. Plus, my LHS says he has high performance .46s (GMS?) for little over $60, new.

Paul,
I flew mine here in the Denver area with two Magnum .42's with 3 bladed APC's and it flew great and very scale-like at 1/2 to 3/4 throttle. The APC's would load the motor just right (~10,000rpm) for a nice sound, too.

I had a radio hit and caused it to flat spin in but I hope to build one again soon. Loved that bird!

I made two flights on the Bronco today, and they were exciting.

On the first takeoff, I used nearly the length of our field 500 feet, and the nose did not want to come off the ground. I let up on the throttle, and the plane took off. This scared the crap out of me, so I hit the throttle to full, and proceeded to trim out the plane.

After about 5 minutes, one engine died at the top of a big loop. The plane immediately rolled over and started to spin. I thought it was the end, but I was able to save it with rudder (after I figured out which way). I was able to get the plane leveled out, and I killed the other engine for a dead stick landing. I slightly overshot the field, but landed softly in the bean field.

I took the canopy off and adjusted the nose wheel so that the nose stood a little taller. I only gained about a 1/4" though, but thought I would try it again.

Take off was a little better, at least I knew what to expect. Once I hit full speed, I let off on the throttle, and the nose came up nicely. I transistioned to full and flew the plane. It really flew nice, No flame outs this time, and I was able to land the plane nicely.

It was a lot of fun, not the type of plane you would want to fly every weekend, but I really enjoyed it.

Tom,

That setup sounds like its awesome. I also noted that the flying characteristics are smooth and it'll be one of two main flyers, so I'll try to keep in my stable for a while. Did you find the web site for " The Aircraft Factory" in Florida? I hear you can get all the parts you need to (re-) build our Armidillo type aircraft.

Paul