Dave Wilshere

Jeremy

Looks good! That's four in Scotland now :-)

Dave

avionics

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Just to add to the collection of Turbines you guys are using I am putting a BF100 on mine dia=99mm its a perfect fit and fills all the rooms.

Cheers

tp777fo

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Just got an email for final payment....US planes are getting close to delivery.

5skyhawk172

Got my email also. Starting to get excited!!!!!

Olkajet

Hi there..
My son has just maidened his Xcalibur from Batch 1.. (He is only 13, and the youngest jet pilot in DK ) It is equipped with JR DES 707 servos, Jetcat P100 (restricted to 80 N) and flies very well. Takeoff in about 30 meters. Landing allso approx 30 meters. It is also equipped with Carste Groen´s ASSI board. See pic with log from landing no 7..

Jetflyer3000

I am interested why you restricted a 100 n turbine down to 80. While 80 will fly this plane well 100 is not at all overpowered ?

Olkajet

There is 2 main reasons.. We have noise restriction in our club.. 100 N gives [TABLE="width: 291"]
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jetster81

My Xcalibur has been ready to fly since the 4th of December but due to work,family commitments,christmas and the bloody weather I have not yet got to fly her yet.My mates say I am going stir crazy about this but I strongly refute that,by the way did you know you need three sizes of hex head drivers and a x head to assemble an Xcalibur? ; ))

Dave Wilshere

Ole

Great, glad its all gone OK. 80N is perfect power, I even have customers buy new P-60SE turbines for this model as they see the demo models flying perfectly with this small power, it teaches energy management and stops the model getting away from them in a tight area.

We have flown every weekend since Xmas with some really nice days, low wind, bright skies.

jetster81

Thanks Dave, good to know someones getting some airtime in. After seeing you fly the Xcalibur at Jetpower and subsequent Vids I also elected to go with a P60 as it seemed to go well enough also be easier to balance, mine has less than 300g of lead in the snout with as much gear as possible up there with it. I am sure it will be a joy to fly.

Dave Wilshere

You will probably take some weight out, I've seen two now with almost no weight in the nose, the last with a P-100Rx came in for final checks on Friday, zero weight with three batteries and the pump on the nose structure.

Ali's has a KT 60 in it and no weight added, his lad was flying it at Barkston Xmas bash (he's 8-9 I think)

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Olkajet

Thought a P60 would be a little less power than requred for playing with the ASSI Autothrottle system. going to play with fixed speed in large size loops etc.. Think if speed is low it will require large amount of thrust too overcome the vertical part. Eg. a loop with constant speed in less than 120 km/h

Dave Wilshere

Any slow flying fun needs lots of power, its why to fly scale you need LOTS of power

Dave

jetster81

Appreciated info Dave, mine too has the three batteries,pump and the hopper tank all in the nose.I will take a look again after the test flight, Cheers.

Helijet

Xcalibur paid in full with Global Jets and waiting for the kit. Will be using a Kingtech 100 on her. She'll be my new shortfield workhorse!

Dean W.

Jetflyer3000

I was wondering if these electric retracts would work on this model. The claim to be for models up to 11kg in weight

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s..._10mm_Pin.html

Chris Pyrah

I would not bother trying to fit these ,the retracts supplied for the Xcalibur fit perfectly with the correct spring loadings and fit the wheel cutouts ,they are also very robust units ,
I have tried hobbyking retracts on smaller jets and found them a bit hit and miss.
Chris

Jetflyer3000

I know that the stock retracts work well but are in my view quite expensive (Almost the same cost as the model) Also if people would like to loose the air and go electric I thought these might be a good alternative. Still got to find some oleos however. The reviews on these electric ones look quite good

5skyhawk172

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rfbenn

Just a quick heads up, a friend brought his Xcalibur round yesterday so I could help with the plumbing, when I pressure tested the fiberglass tank I found a small pin hole leak in the top of the tank, not that unusual on composite tanks and easily fixed.

Make sure you do a fully submerged leak test before installing.

Impressed with the overall quality of the plane close up and I know they fly well after seeing Dave from Motors &Rotors fly his.

Rob

Dave Wilshere

We have had the odd tank issue, one other thing worth watching is the hard point in the elevator for the horn. We found one kit with the trim on the wrong side, the off-set horn location ends up with one screw missing. Best bet is letting in a hard block or dowel and bolting through, but its worth checking before hinging the surface (you can hold the elevator up to a light and see the half moon plate)
The factory have been informed and Ripmax are requesting a larger plate to guarantee it does not matter.

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PVS41960

Dave
Have all the kits in the first shipment arrived in the USA

Paul

Xairflyer

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I know someone who has these fitted to a 1/5th scale ME109 and he said they work great, he only has about 30 flights on them but no problems so far, think he got the oleo legs from Hobbyking as well.

mikedenilin

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Hi Paul

almost. It's supposed to arrived on January 27 at the dock. You should be getting notifications from either Mandy, Cindy or Jose.

PVS41960

Thanks Mike
Would like to have it ready for Florida Jets