That may happen with some filters, but I have never had that issue with the Festo filters and I have tried and tried and tried!

I think this is the same Sprint seen at a meeting in Canada. Same rockets and Sprint decal on the fins.

[link]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_X8FzS6kPlE&feature=related[/link]

Regarding air in the filters, I found after repeated flameouts any time I worked on, or had a new fuel system, that Jetcat filters, which are quite big in diameter, have to be mounted vertical with the top side towards the turbine, so all air is gone during the first startups. From then on it's OK as they're totally full of fuel, but if you have to fool around with the fuel system and get air in it, you have to have it vertical again to get rid of any air. Good practice for deadstick landings but a real pain till I worked out what caused it!

Alan,
Do you have any information that you can share with us regarding the NANO Boomerang?.....After seeing it at Florida Jets i was very impressed with it.....

Thanks,

Richard

Final Nano test flights were completed last week ............Very satisfactory! The order to start production has gone in and the first batch will be on their way early in the new year. This reply should really be posted on the Nano thread, (it will be in five minutes) but here's a drawing of the sport version.

No doubt some will say it's the same as all the others, but a good design is a good design whatever size it comes in, so I stick with it. It still took me months to tweak it till it flew right in the smaller size. But..........If it aint broke, don't fix it!

What size engine is the Nano designed for?

it is designed around a wren 44

as well as the P-60
The model has now flonw with both powerplants.
Regards Al

I know that the Sprint is an ARF, but with work and the kids getting older now, I am about to finish my 3 month ARF build. Pretty sad!

One of the final things remaining that I must do is hook up the nose gear steering. I used to always use some fine braided steel cable that was coated with plastic. My feeble brain has NO idea where I got it. If I have any left, I cannot find it in my messy garage. I tried to find it at a local hardware store, Lowe's & Walmart with no success. The only stuff that I find is way too big. Anyone have a clue as to where I might obtain something like this fast? Or what else are folks using successfully?

Thanks guys.

It's pretty common at hobby shops, usually as part of a pull/pull control hardware package.
(but I'm sure U already knew that)

No hobby shops left around here since Katrina (sigh)....

woketman,

i think the plastic coated cable you're refering to is a Prather product....i'm out of it also....it does work great for sterring cables though.....

rich

You Might wanna try this
they are all the same thing just from 3 different places
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXD859&P=7
http://www.dreamworksrc.com/catalog/...roducts_id=600
http://shop.digitech-turbines.com/pr...7nv6k63ha7l2n4

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/pushrods.htm

DUB 846 Pull Pull set $8.95

You're welcome!! Get the perishing thing finished & go fly!!

Alan

ANY sporting goods shop that carries fishing supplies. "Nylon coated fishing leader" 40 pound test is good enough.

Dave

Thanks Dave. I'll try Academy Sporting Goods tomorrow. Hopefully they will have it. I looked in Walmart's fishing section and could not find it.

well that sucks . I would think by now someone would have come up with a tiller arm setup for the newer nose gear so you wouldn't have to deal with stone age setups like pull pull cables . I have spring air gear in mine that uses an arm to steer with and I didn't even have to spend 600.00 to get it. makes you wonder where all the money goes. surly not in R&D.

Ali,

What kind of flight times are you getting with the P-60 powered NANO?.....Will a 50 ounce Dubro fuel tank fit in there?

Richard

50 ounce tank fits perfect and gives between 5 & 6 minutes on the P60 depending on your throttle stick and still leaves a safety "overshoot & go around again" margin.

60" span, prototypes dry weights were from 10lb 2 ounces to 11lbs 8 ounces depending on the turbine used.

Wow! I've used the SpringAir tiller arm and it constanlty broke. This was on a lighter weight jet at 10 pounds 15 ozs. I switched it to cable steering and have not looked back. "Stone age" cables that work or new fangled arms that break? MY choice is clear.

Dave

Hi Alan,

Landing gear? A new set from Digitech or Dreamworks?

Pete

i don't know what kind of runway your flying off there's got to be at least 40 landings on grass runways with my intro and it works perfect every time.

Success! Academy had it.

I bought Sevalon Nylon Coated Kink Resistant (I was not planning on getting kinky with it anyways, but I'll ask the wife later, just in case!) 40 lb & 60 lb. The 40 lb looks a bit small, but I'll likely try it. The 60 lb is more like what I have traditionally used. I have enough now for the rest of my life (as long as I don't loose it in my garage).

Thanks guys!

HI Guys,
My son Matt and I decided to see wht the JetCat P-70 in my Boomerang Sprint looked like running at night....

The Pics show it during acceleration...........then it cools, in the full speed blast, to a nice red-blue glow in the burner.

There is video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io3X2p0_6TY

This engine has just under 9 hours of run time and runs real sweet!

We did learn, you have to glue the marshmellows to the stick....LOL !

Paul

A Jet Central Super Bee would seem to be another good engine option for the Nano.