Yup,

Maidened my BARF with tailerons and a titan! What to say...hmm

SPECTACULAR!!

Frankly, I couldn't tell the difference between having tailerons vs not. I couldn't even tell that much of a difference with the drop tank.

But I could tell the difference between the Titan and the 120. Wow. Can I say accelerate vertically? Yes, I can!!

Raf

That has GOT to be scary fast!!! Every bit of 199.995 mph...

Here are some more pics!

Thanks Dantley for taking pics man!

The orange Bandit has a 120 no tailerons, the razor back has a titan, drop tank and tailerons.

Aileron haters [:@]

Hey man I think we have the same problem with the front end of the canopy seating flush with the nose. I placed a blind nut on the fuselage and torque down a hex screw to force the fornt end fo the canopy to seat on the nose. Hate doing that but I'm tired of fussing with it. This design sucks. Like the old Bandit style mo beta.

Nice pics.

David

Here's a pic of a dirty Bandit on final! Such a dirty bandit!!

David, I don't quite get what your talking about. I thought my canopy mated fine....Let me take a closer look!

Raf

Oh, I think I see that the front of the whole upper portion seems to pull off of the nose. It is most appartent on the pic with the high vis/smoke.

I don't see how this could be. On the ground that front end is tough to pull up...[] I better pull harder!

Raf

Yes its the orange/white one. I think if theres even a small gap in between, air will flow below it and cause it to lift. Transparent tape will work fine too, to block the air flow.

No problem on the pics! The Bandito was awesome! I still can't believe how slow and stable the landings were.

Bandit with a Titan ? HOLY cr## !!

Loose the center tank [:-]

Why such a big centerline tank. ??
V..

Its NOT compensation ITS NOT IT'S NOTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously-looking great there Raf, glad to see you back forte! Scott

Oh, I think I see that the front of the whole upper portion seems to pull off of the nose. It is most appartent on the pic with the high vis/smoke.

I don't see how this could be. On the ground that front end is tough to pull up... I better pull harder!

Raf

Ravill
Somehow I foresee an AWESOME explosion, If it does happen,and it will, its in some desert location with No one being injured... A 34 pound Titan in a aircraft rated for 18 to 20 pounds.......... Wake up guy's .... SAFETY FIRST.... OK.. Flame suit on fire away..
Semper Fi

Joe

No Flame suit Joe. We test flew Rons new BARF on Sat. and it has a Titan in it too. I turned down the power to 22lbs thrust and it flew awesome with PLENTY of power.
V..

BARF V.S FLIZZASH homie.... Bring it!!!! "Here me baby", "Hold together"!!!!!!!!!!! I will be putting a 60 in my BARF... should be fun but not a rocket....

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttt????????? Da Freshness slowing down for dem old azzzzzzz eyes???? $10 on DF changing to a TitanSE after the 2nd flight!! at Speedworld. any takers??? LOL

HapeNewYear

Probably a p-70!!!! The titan will CRUSH the barf.... I plan on having mine a little longer than raffie boy!! If i want to go fast i'll take my titan SE powered flash for a spin..


YEAH BABY!!!! No speedworld for me this year.... I will be at the pro bowl in Hawaii this time around....[:@]

I found out why the front of the top part pulls away from the fuse. The glue that holds the fiberglass to the plywood formers sucks. It is not hysol and it just pulls away with any type of pulling.

Just placing the top cover on the ground with a little sideways force and the fiberglass pulls away from the plywood former, requiring more glue.

This is a crappy design. I can see why David used srews all the way around. It is really annoying. I might have to hysol all around. I'll post some pics when I get home.

Raf

Joe,

The bandit with the top part that is pulling off has the P120 in it. And ANY BARF will do this even with a artes bee, wren 44 silver or whatever small turbine you put in it. The glue that holds that top part just pulls off just with handling.

I cannot fly like Doug, McBrizzle, Presta and the crew. I keep the throttle undercontrol. I love verticals!! My BARF's aren't going any faster, and I don't pull the G's that the BVM guys did at Florida Jets with their BARF's.

I know you've been to jet meets that I've been at, and I always fly safe. [8D]

Somehow, I feel like Wojtek must have!!

Oh and lay off my drop tank!!

Raf

Here are the long awaited pix.

I was just going to show the fix, but after just picking up the top canopy (to take a picture of it), the fiberglass separated from the wood liner. So, the good news is that I got a pic of an actual separation and the bad news is now I've got to fix it!

As we all know however, BARF's are wonderful fliers. Uncle Bob, I love my BARF'S!![sm=thumbup.gif]

Raf

if you want speed why not just buy the fastest plane of all a firebird of course srry i have a thing for that plane


on onother note that babdit is (sick) means awsome with or without the drop tank