Bryce,

I built that same plane, it was my first fan also. It was kind of boxy in the fuse to hold the fan. The plans were from MA I think.

Regards, Bill

HI all, my first jet was a Parkinson F15 which I flew at Deland and also crashed it their too.
Rcpete

My first jet model was a ducted fan F-4 Phantom, from the Nick Ziroli plans. 35" span, with a Axiflow 25 / OS.25 vfdf engine. Fixed gear, and all planked/sheeted balsa. This was probably in 1988. I remember seeing these plans advertised in MAN magazine, along with a little Viggen, and later, an F-15.

Per the plans, this model was waaay tail heavy! I'd like to build another one though!

A very exclusive club, the Berkeley Crusader Alliance. You, me, and St. Martin from over on E-zone. I posted a thread about my Berkeley Kamdax Crusader here some months ago...

Twas by Dick Sarpolus. I ran across the remains of mine the other day, it needs a new tail, otherwise, looks like it could fly again. Done up in Tiger Meet colors, I was really proud of that airbrush work at the time. Maybe the best flyer for the RK049 that there was.

f-15 sport eagle (mid 80s) K&B 45 and Turbax 1. Waaaay underpowered - and prob heavy too. 1/4" balsa sheet construction. Took a good push in a strong headwind to get it off in 200'. Flew easy enough when it got going tho.
Turbine? Still too rich for my blood....
Jeff

Ziroli F-9 Panther, scratch built w/ P-80 Power!

bob violet has a good life. he was a fighter pilot and now hes rich from selling the best jet models

Byron F-16, fixed gear, OS61vf powered. "roll back the callendar to summer 1982"
First turbine powered, Mirage 4000 (own design), RAM 500

F-15 Tomcat then an F17 Hornet.

Turbines in both.

At first I had a DF F-16 from Byron. OS 77 and Byrojet for power. Then a F-16 from Gleichauf, with a Rossi 90 and Gleichauf fan. Great engine (on 30 % Nitro)
My first turbine powered jet was a F-15 from Shleicher.
Had one flight with it, on the second it was a twin.
Next was a F-16 from Avonds. Then a Gripen.
A F-18C arrived today. Waiting for a Hawk and a Boomerang XL.

I also recommend a F-16 to be the first jet powered model as long as you can safely handle a 60/90 size pattern model.

Gudmund

I too recommend the F-16 Sabre for a first jet.

I think F-19,5 Eagle is a great trainer...

Well the F-18 Raptor is also a great flyer. Or the B-29 Stratofortress. I really know my planes.

Kraus

The B-52 Mustang blows them all away, though.

My first DF was also Trim Aircraft Spectre.
And first turbine model was Fiber Classics Kangaroo (not the ARF one).

Weird !! I was not able to find any pictures of my first Roo. Well, I put one picture of my Hornet.

Here are a couple pictures of the Berkley F-8 Crusader I kitbashed. Actually there are no Berkley parts in this one, as I redrew the plans and scratch built it. Ailerons and full flying stabs, with the nose gear steering hooked to the aileron servo.

That rocks! Did it actually get airborne with RK049 power? What does it weigh? I need to find pics of mine...

Yep...............................with a lotta help from a 50 foot 3/8" bungee with 100 feet of 80lb test Glider wench line "Hi start" hooked to the nose .
See the tow hook under the nose?

Re-engine it with Kamdax, and fly it!

awsome man that lil F-8 is sweet, I love F-8's. I had a George Miller but sold it, of course I regret it, I should be getting another F-8 from a buddy of mine soon. here's a photo my original F-8

Mine was a TG Mig 29 with a dynamax fan with a os 91. now i have a jetmart usa mig 29 that will have twin turbines.......

DF...Yellow F-16A with Dynamax and OS-91 and JMP pipe. Over a hundred flights on it in 3 states, before battery failure and subsequent rekit in Hawaii.
Turbine...retrofit Avonds F-15 with PST J-600. Sold jet to friend who's still flying her in Hawaii with a RAM-750...what a sweet turbine trainer platform.

Hello @all,

I'm a new member of this community, so first a brief introduction:
My name is Andreas Kasselmann, I'm 43 years old and from Germany. (so, please excuse my english!)
I'm flying R/C models for 10 years and jets for 2 years.
My first jet was a sport full composite T-33 from PAF with a wing span of 1.70m. Flew great and very fast... till the first and last failsave...
Now I'm flying a Ziroli Panther with a 8kg Frank TJ67. Very good looking and well flying bird!
Also I'm building up (or should I say "mounting"?) a SM Hawk. I'm looking forward to fly it this year, we will see.
Hopefully next year I will finish my MD450 Ouragan (wingspan about 2.60m) powered by an AMT Pegasus, very nice engine.

Kind regards from Germany
Andreas