OK thought it was 6mm clear.

Didn’t measure it, Bubble trap full and some in main tanks to wet clunks.

Dave

Few more things checked off the to do list. One of these was to pull the pipe and shorten it a bit. I think it looks much better now. Once that was done I could install the Jets Munt M250XBL. The mounting holes for this engine end up being almost directly on the edge of the bypass. To get around this issue I installed some M4 blind nuts upside down after first opening up some clearance holes in the bypass. The M250 also has a short nozzle and consequently needs to be slurred pretty far back as well. It’s a tight installation but it worked out quite well.

Finished and ready to box up and get it on it’s way to its patient owner

Looks good, he’s going to love it!

I have been waiting a long time.. and I know it’s worth it...

Thank you Danny can’t wait to fly it ..

David

The Bolt is in the house.... Thank you Danny and the team at Jet Factory for another awesome job... The wait was well worth it.. This jet is amazing. Can’t wait to maiden later this week..


David






Perfect canopy stand 😉

Wow! The Bolt looks awesome. I cannot wait to see it fly.

New Bolt heading to the U.K. soon. ARF Pro set up with tanks/smoke tank, servos and gear installed.

Going to be P-220Rxi powered like mine.

Hi Dave, great thread and nice jet. From what I gather the air-frame is mostly CF. How does the antenna placement work with al that CF?
Andre

There are large areas around the fuselage skin that are std CARF glass layup. I used a torch to find these and placed the aerials there.
In this picture you can just see the Orange paint on mine shining through from a torch held under.

How do you like the M250 engine?

I might need one

It’s an awesome turbine.. perfect match for the Bolt. I have the same turbine in my BVM F16 1/5..

David

Dave Wilshere flew his CARF Bolt today at the Elvington Meeting, looking superb as always, and very fast, will post more over the coming days.
Alistair Powers

And a few more of Dave Wilshere's CARF Bolt at Elvington this past weekend

Alistair Powers

Thanks for posting Dom, great to finally get some video of it flying. 👍

Very, very tempting....
Andre

Managed plenty of flying on the Bolt over the last few weeks, hit 40 flights and everything is working perfectly.
Thanks to JP-1 for flying shots, there was another video done yesterday to show it off grass.

Like D.W. said the Bolt and all the systems handle the grass (sod) with no trouble at all

Alistair Powers

One year ago today I test flew the Bolt at our National flying centre and we were back there this last weekend. I still have not had the chance to take the Bolt to one of the really open space airfields we can get access to, but even at moderate high speeds it’s an amazing flying machine. Certainly the best sports jet I have flown fast and slow performance, with real grass capability.
As someone commented yesterday it does not need to be flown at crazy speeds…but it can be 😉

One year on I’ve still not charged the ECU pack, as the JetCat P-220:generator deals with that. The large retract battery I fitted I have topped up once in the last 12 months!

Dave W

A few more from Buckmister Saturday

Alistair Powers

One more

Alistair Powers

New video of two Bolts tearing up the sky

Video from early this season. The site has trees on the end of the runway and slopes right to left, this flight shows to tight envelope the Bolt can also fly.