I just spoke to Bruce at AMT .. They are execting new bearing cases in soon, and was told I could send in my 2 AT400s ....

I also found out AMT USA has not been sold YET ... and the final sale is still actually pending. The buyer has yet to come up with the $$

I will say an old manual air start at180 i have has surprised me in its performance and durability and i have thus far never had any problems with it ....

If I can get my at400s running reliably, i do like this engine .. my first one really kicked some a** on my King Cat ....


Wojtek

Can anyone say what happened to the big Concorde that there was so much hype about from AMT USA ?. roo.

Yeah, I was wondering about the Concorde myself!

Yeah, what ever became of that? It was so awesome with it's Electrodynamic power distribution, on-board 12V compressor! Truly a magnificent creation.

Pretty awesome piece of excess! Cool. What does it weigh?

I seem to remember Jim quoting 200 lbs. I remember that cause I think it was supposed to have about 200 lbs of thrust (4 x Olympii) too.

I saw it up close, it was a nice piece of workmanship, too.
Olympii...I like that. Better than Olympuses.

They are packing for the move as we speak. See you in Cincinnatti.

The General

Lewis, can you tell us what ever happened to the Concorde? Thanks.

The Concorde is in West Virginia. It was not a part of the sale, Jim will keep it. It still looks as great as ever.

The General

Never flew then?? Was it grounded after the Paris crash? ????????? roo

Lewis, does he ever intend to fly it? Or is it display only? Thanks.

Talked to Jim yesterday, his Concord is probably going to the AMA museum.

I take it then that it never flew. I really cant see the point of all that fantastic work just to hang in a museum.Why doesent the owner getChip Hyde Or Jason Shulman to do the honours, with a full video team on hand of course.THEN hang it in a museum.Perhaps the owner has seen the results of the B52 effort. All of these are more than I could achieve in a lifetime.roo

It wasn't intended to hang in the museum. There was intent to have Terry Nisch (sp?) fly it, but supposedly the AMA interfered with those plans (see e.g. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=355186)

Gordon

Yep, send it to the AMA museum so Dave Brown can drink a few cocktales before he flies it!!!! Ha Ha (Reference another thread about drinking and flying) Sooooooooo who is gonna sign off on Dave's waiver???????? LOL



Just joking folks.......................................

With the AMA weight limit, its probably for display only now.

The General