Pilatus Porter ARF
 

FYI for you Porter Fans

Found a site in England that has a 52 four stroke size Porter. Shame no one has this plane here in the states.

http://www.moormodels.co.uk/acatalog/AIR_LOISIRS.html

According to them about $55 to ship to USA

Jim

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Jim, At the exchange rate, the total would be around $290.00 or so. Some of those planes are sold in the US as VQ- Models, I have the T-6 and it is pretty good. Just for drill you might check vqwarbirds.com. There is an e-mail address there for inquires, wouldn't hurt to ask if any of the planes there are/ will be available.....Cliff

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Thanks Cliff for the info. Sent Email asking. I have friends in Europe and they tell me the Porter flies great and is a decent kit.

Jim

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Jim, VQ is produced in Viet Nam, and mostly sold in Europe. It seems that there is a different selection of planes available to the European market. Tom, who is the retailer for VQ stateside is easy to talk to and seems to be interested in supplying a quality product. I have seen some VQ's mentioned in other threads that aren't available here, but I would assume if there was enough demand, a minimum economical amout, some of those not avialable would be.... Then of course an anniversry trip to Europe, and a special gift exchange....Hmmmmmm Cliff

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We need a "sucker" and i've got just the fellow, his name is MormonMike. He's dumb enough to buy the Porter for the over-seas price after calling around here to make sure it's not going to be sold in the states...... only to find out a few weeks after he bought it, it's going to be distributed here after all. AND AT HALF THE D-MM PRICE !!![:@] I love Turbo Porters too but no , not this time, no more impulse-buying stupidity. THE END ![:@] MM.

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Mike, I think we need a "I'm addicted to R/C" group... Sort of new planes annoymous...I'll certainly join.....Cliff

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I am in the same boat, RC Kit aholics. I know we would have a major membership. I am not showing my wife the suggetion for the trip to Europe for the exchange of a kit.

I have one of the original Altech, AKA MRC Porters that has after many years, 15, started to weaken in the joints. She is retired to a spot of luxury hanging over the bench keeping watch on the next build.
We dropped a lot of candy and towed a few gliders together and she never once let me down with a bad landing.

That is why I want another on.

I did find that OK Models Japan has an ARF Porter as well, about $450 delivered to the East Coast.

When is the first meeting [8D]


Jim

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You guys are making this very difficult for me to resist :(. I too had the Altech ARF and applied accurate FED EX markings [ cost to custom make- $200 bucks ] I was leary about flying it so I sold it to a fellow who assured me it would be " safe ''. Two weeks later he crashed it to a pile of bamboo balsa and mahogany. I went berserk with rage [:@] It still hurts after a few years. So for now, I don't know what to do. [ but you guys can post somemore info how and where to get this PLUS a few photos ] Untill then, I'll keep an eye on this post. MM

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To keep you from going over the deep end.
My Porter in her prime

Now to tug at your wallet, here is the OK model link


http://www.okmodel.co.jp/catalog/p30.pdf


Jim

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Here is the reply from VQ Models;

Jim Ogorek:
Thank you for your inquiry! We actually have had a small sample of the new VQ (same company as AIR LOISIRS) Pilatus Porter! We flew it at Bomber Field in June ! They are very nice models of the famous AIR AMERICA STOL PORTER! THey do not have flaps but they do have (2) Aileron Servos that can be made into FLAPERONS! Attached are the pictures of the model we have and currently fly with a 3 blade prop and a .40 2 stroke side mounted....This will fly the airplane at 1/2 to 3/4 throttle and climb like crazy at full throttle!!
BTW here is a link to a Pilot who lives and bought one in Europe and then added flaps and lots of extra details onto it ...very striking!!
http://www.rcwarbirds.com/laurentpeacemakerpage.htm

If you and your friends would like to order them you may . The cost is $185 and you would need to leave a deposit of $50 for each plane. THe deposit will be applied to the Purchase of the Porter. The Pilatus Porters are scheduled to arrive around October with the next shipment of our WARBIRDS. We also have a new
ME-109 E COMING OUT! 60" WINGSPAN!
If you have any other questions let us know...and please share the pictures with your friends//

Thanks for your consideration!

-TOMAS SANDOVAL IV
VQ WARBIRDS

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thanks for the follow up Jim!

I just wish they had one with a 73" or larger wingpsan.

Here is a pic for those who are contemplating

http://www.moormodels.co.uk/acatalog/AIR9713_01.jpg

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If you are a builder MR Aerodesign in Canada, www.mraerodesign.com/ , has the plans and Lazer Lizard will cut it for you. He had offered to scale the plans to what ever size I wanted for the current price of the plans.

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Here are the photos I got from VQ

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FOR those in the "AREA",,,, We will be at the Annual B-17 GATHERING and BIG BIRD FLY-IN which is to be held 9/15/06 - 9/17/06 in Monaville Texas at BOMBER FIELD! www.bomberfieldusa.com or http://www.bomberfieldusa.com/events.htm
Come by our VQ WARBIRD tent and say Hi!! We will have lots of our VQ Warbirds /Aircraft on hand for you to see and touch...don't forget to bring some spending $$ as there are always incentives to buy at the show...(like no shipping charges ;)
Here is another picture for you guys/gals!

-TOMAS

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Hey gang.... Shipment should arrive with Yellow, White and YES... a FEW ARC Pilatus Porters...so those wanting to modify...better get ready... How about doing a" Fairchild AU-23A" Conversion with either a single General Electric XM-197 three-barrel 20 mm Gatling gun, or two General Electric 7.62 mm MXU-470 Minigun modules. In addition, several bombs, napalm or rocket pods could be carried on four underwing and one fuselage hardpoint. !!!!!!!!!!

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Laurent Schmitz from Belgium and his Fairchild AU-23 'Peacemaker' based on a highly modified balsa kit from VQ Models/AIR LOISIRS!! Mods include flaps, landing gear suspension, 5 nav and stobe lights, retractable landing lights, belly cargo bay (from the days of Air America), and of course some underwing goodies: SUU-11 minigun, CBU-42 cluster bomb and two tanks of good old JP-8 Motor is a 600 watt brushless outrunner on a 4-cell LiPo 4000mah pack.

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Sorry,also in Europe, new from topmodel:

http://www.topmodelcz.cz/index.php?&...detail&id=2087

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OK guys,,,
You asked for it and you got it.....
THEY ARE IN.... VQ WARBIRDS now has the PILATUS PORTER INSTOCK in YELLOW, WHITE, and a FEW ARCs...
Just email [email protected] for all the info.....

JIM O already has his shipped and should have it any day now!!

Happy Holidays!!

=TOMAS

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Tomas - are they on the website yet?

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Sorry... we have not updated the website yet... Just email us direct to order...
thanks!!

[email protected]

We will also list them in the RCU MARKETPLACE!

CHEERS!!

-TOMAS
[email protected]
www.vqwarbirds.com

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How much will the ARC Porters be going for?

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Tomas, do you have a storefront? I am in College Station weekly and I have searched all over for a phone number or address with no luck. Thanks

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No store front!! Sorry... We are an online store only.. THat helps us keep overhead down!!
Next time you are coming through email me and we can meet up!!

For Pricing please email... dont want to sell on this forum.. THis is for informational purposes;)

YOu will find an AD by tomorrow in the RCU MARKET PLACE!! IN the interim just email : [email protected]

Happy Holidays to all !!!

-TOMAS
VQ WARBIRDS DEALER
[email protected]
www.vqwarbirds.com

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Thanks buddy, I will be in touch soon on your P-51 red tailed version. Take Care

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OK AD IS UP>>>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAMO photo shows what you can paint one to look like if you want to do a military color!!

HERE IS THE AD!!

http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemID=245526

Cheers,

-TOMAS
VQ WARBIRDS
[email protected]
www.vqwarbirds.com