Will you please calculate all the materials and equipment used to build the jet with prices this will help someone when building diamond jet , to maybe cut on some stuff to stay below $20000 , I build 3 of them and never got so expensive and I used good stuff, I’m going to post building forum for nr 4 same color orange

Keep in mind that i'm located in Canada. So when I buy an airframe as an example that's listed at $3000.00 USD it actually costs me $4000.00 CAD. Approximate of course. So sure my build may have cost $14,000 USD.

Very hard to impossible to build a 210+ size under 20k the exchange rate and taxes pretty high....plus now broker fees extra cost in shipping....ect...

Yea totally! Shipping and duty alone was $1,622.00

Smoke tank from CMJETS.com!

Preping smoke tank with tabs. Would work fine to sit on the bottom of the fuse but the skin is flexible so I would rather have the former work supporting the weight.


opened up the opening about 1/4" on 3 sides for tank to fit.

Custom Skycandy Lighting setup. Missing nose gear light in picture. Wait till you see these things.

Decided to take molds of all the tips.



Remaining silicone in the cup works great for epoxy mixing trays. Next day, peel it off and reuse.

The Mess before organizing and crimping wire ends on.

The finished product.



finished equipment tray except smoke fill and supply lines.

Silicone added to tanks to keep in place. If removal is required later feed fishing line or safety wire under and it will slice through.

bit more oranizing.

Nose weight a non issue and needed to get batteries as far forward in tray as possible. Glued some spare carbon tubes on the underside of the nose.


Final Battery placement. Space at front of tray for stick on Lead weights.

Nose cone mounted. Decided to keep it simple and use 5 servo screws.

Weight prior to nose weight added. UAT Full. 1" of fuel in tanks.

C of G at 312mm back from leading edge/root of wing.

Final weight with nose weight added.

Great work Jonathan can't wait to her fly and see that Kingtech opened up, it will be great

Engine Run! and some other small items.

Nice! I can't wait to see the video of it on final with those lights.. I just put lights on my newest build and I'm wondering how distracting they will be lol.

The light looking so good, I have two sets on the radio flyer and they look good but yours are much better looking, so test and make the clear stuff flat finish this will make the best light effect just like the milky car led light.

Your Radio Flyer looks nice - it looks scale.

I’m not sure but I think that actually aviation design is working on a full scale diamond but this is just not confirmed news, this will be actually very attractive jet much nicer than viper and probably faster and with using smaller turbine with longer range maybe two tandem seats,

Very cool light layout! I think I was watching one of your videos on your channel with this flying last night! I do like that layout as well!

What a hoot that would be to see one of these (full size) taking off at an airport!

used plaster of paris to make plugs

Plugs complete

First pulls I was struggling with webbing.

My Genius Daughter came up with the solution which was to add risers or "Bucks" under the points!

Cutting off a perfectly good tip!

Test fitting the lenses.

Front landing light wire and electronics installed.

Front landing light glued to front strut with Hysol

Belly Strobe installed! This thing is Bonkers!

Inside shot of the belly strobe.

Marker lights installed and glued.

Front tip light installed.




Finished marker light. Glued in place with "Goop" so if ever needed it is removable with some manipulation

glued the CC voltage regulator about 3" inside the opening and left the extension loose. Connector is easy to get at if ever needed.




to mark line on lens. Held sharpie on lens and spun the tip.

lens installed with tape and paint line installed

Painted the glue area with color matched paint. Same paint installed on the servo coveres


Lens glued in place with E6000 glue. Very similar to Goop but a bit more runny.

Finished product. Was deciding if I should paint the white line but I will do that.