Mark H

This morning my new Skymaster G2 F16 1/6th scale arrived , WOW what a fantastic job, constuction, scale detail, attention to detail , fits, paint work camo and colour,and even packaging is next to non having travelled many miles and handled many times in a very strong four ply cardboard box with so much foam and bubble wrap,. Not a scratch on it Well done all at Skymaster. The undercarraige is beautiful but no changes to this, the gear doors fits are perfect and on very strong fibre hinges .
It seems very light, .
I have been waiting a while but the wait has been well worth it.

I shall be fitting out with MKS servos and powerbox I gyro,SRS system using 2 Futaba Rec and two 3200Mah Life powerbox batts, also a trusty Jetcat P200sx. I think this will will be a good combo, .
Will post pictures when I find out how to do so.

regards Mark Hinton

Justflying1

Sounds great Mark.

Mark H

Yes will post some later, I did have the Gen 1 and it is still flying with its new very happy owner. In 150 flights with the old one never a problem, so I hope the new G2 will follow in its footsteps.
Mark

marc s

Mark,

Be good to see this jet and your build. Interesting to see you have selected to use MKS servo's, I have these in my two demo Stingers and they are superb, I think a servo which will gain more fans as they become more known.

Hope your fitting a CAT too

marcs

Mark H

Yes Marc I will be fitting a CAT . My A10 now has 2x Jetcat P140rx in and 2x medium CATand performs well with no problems have now. Flow with full stores as well. The CAT s are perfect thank you

Andy Aldridge

Knowing you me ol', you'll have the F16 flying by next w'end

bruno borges

Place photos!!!

Mark H

bruno borges

Mark,

The G2 have a Slat in the Wings?

Mark H

Sorry for the size of pics using photo bucket.



hope these show the amount of detail that has been added by skymaster.
The rest of the build is standard Skymaster quality. will get PC sorted asap. working from Ipad at present sorry .

Mark H

I have choosen to go with out slats and no airbrakes at rear, you can of course order these on your build. I wanted a nice light weight plane.

dubd

The paint scheme looks sweet!

Mark H

My thanks go out to Sean Hampton for all his help on the scale scheme he found me of this Blizzard Aggressor scheme, he can be found as below he has a wealth of fantastic profiles and colour schemes for sale, Thanks again Sean.

Sean Hampton, owner/artist
Afterburner Profiles-Custom Aircraft Profiles
8819 Aztec Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111
Phone:505.270.5809 Email:[email protected]

http://www.afterburnerprofiles.com

Mark H

This is some of Sean's great work . He has the rights to this so please ask his permission to use.

c_makhija

Hi Mark, new 16 looking good. How have you been? Temperature in nagpur now is 45 degrees, luckily Mumbai is mid 30s so going flying tomorrow. Catch you at Jetpower.

Regards
Chatty.

sideshow

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Very cool scheme, though I'm not sure how anyone has the "rights" to it...

Mark H

He has the rights to his own work he has produced in his profile, 4view.
Not the scheme.
Thanks sideshow.

Mark H

Hello Chatty nice to hear from you, can not wait to visit you boys again in India, hoping to be with you all again before Jetpower as i have the F100 to deliver and set up for Dosu beFore then. We need to arrange things very soon.

FalconWings

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So, what makes this a G2? Any major changes?

David

ianober

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If he was worried about the rights to it then I wouldn't have posted it in a public forum. I think knowing where it came from would be recognition enough.

WhoDaMan

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I want one

FalconWings

My Feedback: (57)

+1

ozief16

My Feedback: (13)

Seans 4 view is good but not quite correct. The white on the spine is almost symmetric and extends further aft. when you're flying next to this jet that white symmetric pattern really stands out.

We went through a LOT of work to get that scheme approved and the 'Love Boat' as we call 269 is the only one painted in it so far. Also of note Nellis now has two of the Arctic scheme Viper Aggressors as well. Cool as hell, but weird against the desert?..good thing
there's snow up range most of the winter

Dave

Mark H

Yes major changes are new molds, with more detail, and dare I say it , so the experts with 1000s of posts and no aircraft to show can rip me apart, a new tail end that's suppose to be more scale, and it is very light, the build quality is great , I have had more time to look over this now and the fin has been made stronger and the aileron servos now go into the root of the wing so no hatch underneath.
The geardoor fits and hinge system is to die for.....as far as I,m concerned the scheme is close enough for me as all ill be doing with it is flying and burning Kero, not dreaming it.
I highly recommend this as a F16 I hope it flies as good as my last SM F16.

Levi Wags

Looks great Mark. Great job selecting the scheme. Im looking forward to watching this thread and seeing the end result.

Kind Regards
Levi