Kaos from original Bridi kit
09-12-2009, 11:27 AM
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Kaos from original Bridi kit
Folks,
I've finally gotton around to building my Kaos from an original Bridi kit!! I've found a K&B .61 NIB I'll install when completed! She'll have DS821 servos guided by my JR 12X and an AR7000 RX powered by a 2 cell A123 1100Mah battery pack. Some things I just can't "retro" into it! :-)) I'll have more pics when the covering begins. In the meantime, enjoy a flash back of 35 years!
Dave Rigotti
I've finally gotton around to building my Kaos from an original Bridi kit!! I've found a K&B .61 NIB I'll install when completed! She'll have DS821 servos guided by my JR 12X and an AR7000 RX powered by a 2 cell A123 1100Mah battery pack. Some things I just can't "retro" into it! :-)) I'll have more pics when the covering begins. In the meantime, enjoy a flash back of 35 years!
Dave Rigotti
09-12-2009, 01:05 PM
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ORIGINAL: rv7driver
Nice job! what did you use on the canopy? Thanks Pete
Nice job! what did you use on the canopy? Thanks Pete
Dave Rigotti
09-28-2009, 06:21 PM
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RE: Kaos from original Bridi kit
Folks,
She is all done! 5 1/2 pounds dry. DS821 servos, AR7000 RX, 2 cell A123 1100Mah battery, K&B .61 with a 11/7 Zinger prop. NEW formula MonoKote (ugh!). We'll have in flight pics and a video soon!
A 35 year old kit gets completed!
Enjoy!
Dave Rigotti
She is all done! 5 1/2 pounds dry. DS821 servos, AR7000 RX, 2 cell A123 1100Mah battery, K&B .61 with a 11/7 Zinger prop. NEW formula MonoKote (ugh!). We'll have in flight pics and a video soon!
A 35 year old kit gets completed!
Enjoy!
Dave Rigotti
09-29-2009, 07:05 AM
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Dave,
Great job .. what a nice memory! Don't you just hate that new MonoKote .. too bad they ruined a great product. Never again for me...
Now you need to find some retro Kraft-Hayes wheels .. I always loved those...
And to think when I finished my R54, people said "it flies like a Kaos with a turbine" .. now after you fly this you can say "it flies like a Reaction with a prop!".
Dave McQ
Great job .. what a nice memory! Don't you just hate that new MonoKote .. too bad they ruined a great product. Never again for me...
Now you need to find some retro Kraft-Hayes wheels .. I always loved those...
And to think when I finished my R54, people said "it flies like a Kaos with a turbine" .. now after you fly this you can say "it flies like a Reaction with a prop!".
Dave McQ
09-29-2009, 08:37 AM
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Wonderful job on your Kaos, Dave! I'm beginning to cut parts out from my "scrap pile" for the Super Kaos (RCM plan build) to be built this winter. Your color scheme sure brings back the memories...Enjoy!!
Soft landings.
Joe
Soft landings.
Joe
09-29-2009, 11:36 AM
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Dave,
Great job .. what a nice memory! Don't you just hate that new MonoKote .. too bad they ruined a great product. Never again for me...
Now you need to find some retro Kraft-Hayes wheels .. I always loved those...
And to think when I finished my R54, people said ''it flies like a Kaos with a turbine'' .. now after you fly this you can say ''it flies like a Reaction with a prop!''.
Dave McQ
Dave,
Great job .. what a nice memory! Don't you just hate that new MonoKote .. too bad they ruined a great product. Never again for me...
Now you need to find some retro Kraft-Hayes wheels .. I always loved those...
And to think when I finished my R54, people said ''it flies like a Kaos with a turbine'' .. now after you fly this you can say ''it flies like a Reaction with a prop!''.
Dave McQ
I like the way you think! I used the KH wheels on retract equiped planes, Dirty Birdy, P7, P8. My old Kaos had the round DuBros!
Dave R
09-29-2009, 11:38 AM
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ORIGINAL: squeakalong
Wonderful job on your Kaos, Dave! I'm beginning to cut parts out from my ''scrap pile'' for the Super Kaos (RCM plan build) to be built this winter. Your color scheme sure brings back the memories...Enjoy!!
Soft landings.
Joe
Wonderful job on your Kaos, Dave! I'm beginning to cut parts out from my ''scrap pile'' for the Super Kaos (RCM plan build) to be built this winter. Your color scheme sure brings back the memories...Enjoy!!
Soft landings.
Joe
I'm thinking I have some old pics somewhere that I might post as a looksee from 35+ years ago!
Enjoy the build!
Dave Rigotti
09-29-2009, 03:12 PM
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Dave, I'd....WE would all like to see those pics! It's great, isn't it, how pictures of these old planes can bring back some fond memories and inspire us to build the "great ones" again? Sure beats the cookie-cutter ARF by a long shot. The way you displayed your Kaos pictures reminds me of the old RCM style articles where we would get a bunch of build shots on a page; way cool!
Soft landings.
Joe
Soft landings.
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09-30-2009, 08:09 AM
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RE: Kaos from original Bridi kit
OK, how about a blast from the past. That's me with my Super Kaos with an OS 60H blackhead, Semco muffler, guided by an 5 channel W.E. Expert radio. Around 1976.
09-30-2009, 05:57 PM
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OK, how about a blast from the past. That's me with my Super Kaos with an OS 60H blackhead, Semco muffler, guided by an 5 channel W.E. Expert radio. Around 1976.
OK, how about a blast from the past. That's me with my Super Kaos with an OS 60H blackhead, Semco muffler, guided by an 5 channel W.E. Expert radio. Around 1976.
Here's the same Super Kaos with my Dirty Birdy.......
BTW... That's a can of Freon by the red field box for the Rhom-Air retracts! My MY how things change!
Dave
09-30-2009, 06:43 PM
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Dave, I'd....WE would all like to see those pics! It's great, isn't it, how pictures of these old planes can bring back some fond memories and inspire us to build the ''great ones'' again? Sure beats the cookie-cutter ARF by a long shot. The way you displayed your Kaos pictures reminds me of the old RCM style articles where we would get a bunch of build shots on a page; way cool!
Soft landings.
Joe
Dave, I'd....WE would all like to see those pics! It's great, isn't it, how pictures of these old planes can bring back some fond memories and inspire us to build the ''great ones'' again? Sure beats the cookie-cutter ARF by a long shot. The way you displayed your Kaos pictures reminds me of the old RCM style articles where we would get a bunch of build shots on a page; way cool!
Soft landings.
Joe
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09-30-2009, 07:53 PM
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I certainly do enjoy the pics! Wish I had a pile of those old magazines to look at when the snow starts up again....I remember giving huge paper grocery sacks of model magazines away when I moved back to Michigan. Now I realize why everyone "scrambled" after them....not everything I've done has been a wise move 
. Seems like the older I get the more I miss the older model articles...they were fun to read!
Soft landings.
Joe
. Seems like the older I get the more I miss the older model articles...they were fun to read!Soft landings.
Joe
09-30-2009, 08:03 PM
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RE: Kaos from original Bridi kit
Dave,
Yeah, I think it was Wright Brothers contest. I thought it was a Super Kaos. It could have been a standard. Too long ago to really remember.
Yeah, I think it was Wright Brothers contest. I thought it was a Super Kaos. It could have been a standard. Too long ago to really remember.
09-30-2009, 08:09 PM
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Dave,
Yeah, I think it was Wright Brothers contest. I thought it was a Super Kaos. It could have been a standard. Too long ago to really remember.
Dave,
Yeah, I think it was Wright Brothers contest. I thought it was a Super Kaos. It could have been a standard. Too long ago to really remember.
Yeah I know about too long ago..... We used Ambroid! "I think!"
Dave Rigotti