Dave Wilshere

Tim Jenkinson was flying his new Viper...odd thing is he's fitted a thrust vector pipe. JetCat P-180Rxi and all JR through a PB Mercury.
It takes off our rough grass strip in 40m with a head wind.

Bhodi11

I am thinking about getting one of these. Looks to be a better choice over the Skymaster. Anything to look out for? Thanks.

lxfly

No, Buy, build, fly

Bhodi11

Would a JC Rhino 200 SE be a good choice? Or too much power?

sailing1

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I flew mine for 3 years with 36 lb Rhino then changed last year to 45 Rhino. Flys great with both. The extra power is nice on up lines with full fuel and smoke. I rarely use full blow and much to my delight, my fuel burn is less with the SE. Great with both turbines but my choice is the SE.

lxfly

Fly it with P180, for me lot of power compared to my tomahawk twin powered by P140.

ECalderon

It is quite diferent than the Skymaster. It is a bit shorter but the tail planes are larger. CARF's doesnot have main gear doors and the cockpit is quite basic, so if you are more into scale this is a thing to consider. For me the biggest difference is that Skymasters wing come with winglets and CARF's wing doesn´t come with them. Even though you can buy them as an option, to fit them you have to chop the wingtips.

Even though I have the winglets, the plane flys so great that I can´t bring myself to the hassle of instaling them, yet. I am still considering because I think the winglets are a big part of the coolness of the Viper.

Regards
Eduardo

Bhodi11

I actually thought the CARF seemed more scale. None of the full scale planes had winglets and most did not have inner doors. As for the cockpit I found a much better looking one that was available. Funny thing though website has numerous awesome looking cockpits but there is no way to contact them or even purchase on website??

viper-carf

Also are the Electrons a good option or factory gear the way to go? Thanks

pfact

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Behotec C-50s are perfect fit for the mains. The C-40s are a little too narrow but will will work for the nose, I used the C-50s for the nose as but had to widen the mount to accommodate them.

Phil

Paul0088

My Viper Jet just arrived, Falcon Scheme

RCFlyerDan

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CARF is coming out with cool new schemes! Looks great! As with a lot of us, I see yours is in the living room!

Gonzalo38

I'm about to order a CARF Viper and I was wondering if anybody is using the Electron Electric Retracts. Any experiences ?

I'm replacing an old Skymaster Viper fuselage and I do have all the pneumatic system that could operate the normal retracts for the CARF Viper, but electric sounds like a good way to go if they are reliable.

I'm thinking to order the Cayman GT4 scheme

sailing1

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I have Behotec Electric gear and brakes in my Viper. Don't have any experience with Electron gear but If they work half as good as the ones I have you will love them.

Gonzalo38

Sailing1.... the Behotec's look nice, but they are almost double the price than the electron's that are offered by CARF.

I do think I'm moving to Behotecs for my two (2) Tutors since the original landing gears are crap....

Dave Wilshere

Gonzalo38

Thanks Dave. I already placed the order and hopefully I can get the plane by September.

Now I need to start looking at how can I add some Porsche GT4 marks that are not too visible....... A cool Porsche logo in the bottom of the plane would be nice.

Paul0088

Dave Wilshere

Dave Wilshere

Paul was over with his Viper for a final check. Looks great, Since my daughter is now a teenager she has kicked out the dolls, we borrowed one for the cockpit!

JP-1

Paul looks v-good indeed.

Alistair

cassiemitch

Gonzalo38

cassiemitch:

You can try with https://www.tailormadedecals.com/lng...jets/viperjet/

cassiemitch

Paul0088

8 Flights done now, JetCat P 160RXi-B running perfectly, only a tweek on the expo was needed from the test flight by Dave Wilshere,well pleased with it.

Dave Wilshere