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Old 01-06-2010, 04:54 PM
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Here you go Joe
http://www.tomahawk-design.de/html_e/index.htm
Old 01-06-2010, 04:55 PM
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Retracts are in with some funky star headed bolts so I might change those for ease of maintenance!
Looks like Torks(Torx) heads.

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Old 01-07-2010, 04:33 AM
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I received a phone call my Tomahawk Viperjet is ready and will be send soon.
If there is any interest, I will make a build thread as well.
Hope it will be the same quality as the big Hawk and Futura.
Old 01-07-2010, 05:13 AM
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I didnt realise it was that far complete. Are you telling me the retracts were bolted in? The control horns done and the servo covers pre fitted??? Now thats another level!
I will have to check with Thomas as I only ordered a stage 3 kit ( No extras on top of that)
Dont worry Mark... You wont get charged any extra...
Hans.. Wait till you see it fly!

Ali, bring one to PMF this year - I wonder what you can do with it

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Old 01-07-2010, 05:40 AM
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Hi Mark,

Does the Futura use inlet ducting and full bypass ? Would be interested in seeing a photo if you can oblige.

Don't bother getting it painted, looks good in white. Put come coloured vinyl on it. Different scheme every year.

Definately the most Futuristic looking jet on the scene.
Old 01-07-2010, 07:07 AM
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A new scheme every year is a good idea, it means after a few years, you'll of paid for me to get a futura

i can see some funky vinyl being ordered for this puppy
Old 01-07-2010, 08:20 AM
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Dunc, I can assure you that what you're going to charge me it'll take about 20 seasons for you to afford one

There are some simple inlet ducts. It isn't bypassed but I am sure we can talk Mr Scully into producing some if necessary :-)

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Old 01-07-2010, 09:09 AM
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my heart is a flutter, i see flex stone paint. da bomb. barry
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Old 01-07-2010, 09:50 AM
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ah you need to talk to Ali about my new scale of charges lol.

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my heart is a flutter, i see flex stone paint. da bomb. barry
Barry, heart attack time for you then!!

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Old 01-07-2010, 10:40 AM
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your spraying my tune. i bow down to the euro flex stone king. looking good. i want one of these bad. the only thing i want worse is their hawk. i am on the fence and almost ready to pull the trigger on that deal. barry
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What is the flek stone paint you're using, all the stuff I've found and tried takes upwards of 24hours to cure which is a pain in the arse. Is the stuff you use the same?
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Barry, mine arrives in 2 weeks. I can take pics/answer any Q's you have if you're unsure about pulling the trigger with limited info out there?
Old 01-07-2010, 10:46 AM
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What is the flek stone paint you're using, all the stuff I've found and tried takes upwards of 24hours to cure which is a pain in the arse. Is the stuff you use the same?
The trick with the stone flek stuff I have found is not to use it on its own. If you try and cover something with just this you'll get through a load of it. Use some simple grey primer first to give you a grey base coat and then spray a lightish coat of the speckle stuff on top. The millions of empty spaces caused by the clear carrier the speckles are in will now be grey and you won't even notice it. If you don't primer first then you'll see whatever you're spraying shining through and you'll put coat after coat on to rectify the issue!

The stuff I use, from memory takes a couple of hours to dry but I leave it overnight to harden anyway.

HTH,
Mark

PS Use this - http://www.plasti-kote.co.uk/Product...51/pccode-3620
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Barry... are you sure you not really european??
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Thanks Mark,
That's what I ended up doing. I even tried the expensive car restoration trunk paint, but that stuff takes forever and a day to dry, and it's far to big and rough. I just wondered if you had a better product that I hadn't found or wasn't available in Canada.
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Thanks Mark,
That's what I ended up doing. I even tried the expensive car restoration trunk paint, but that stuff takes forever and a day to dry, and it's far to big and rough. I just wondered if you had a better product that I hadn't found or wasn't available in Canada.
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Jeremy,

The forum removed characters from the link. Try [link=http://www.plasti-kote.co.uk/Product/pcode-4651/pccode-3620]THIS[/link]

Dries in 2hrs!

Rgds,
Mark
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haha, still takes me to the heavy duty adhesive spray page, is that the one you are trying to send me to? I can't imagine.... :P
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Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Why does it do this!?

OK, same URL but where you see a single hyphen make it 3 hyphens. So 3 of them before the 4651 and 3 of them before the 3620
Old 01-07-2010, 11:17 AM
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Cool that worked Thanks for that! Can't wait to see your Futura done, I am liking this plane more and more.
Old 01-07-2010, 10:51 PM
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In post 37 the last pic shows just a short tygon fuel line direct from the fuel tank out to the pump in. I dont see a UAT . Can someone please shed some light on this fuel system.
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schroedm , Hi,

This machine looks Nothing short of AWSUM... In the pics its dripping Quality, from your eyes, can you see anything your not happy with, factory gluing, former alignments, anything ???
Its the opposite to what im working on, PST Reaction, some say its a top quality arf... Maybe my standards are WAY to high !!!!!!!!

Also i cant get the link to work on the Plasti-cote site, but did pick up a colour reference booklet today, so maybe a part number from your can will help ???
Keep up the Great work, and sharing of info, cant beleave how fast your building/assembling here.

Cheers Jeremy.
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schroedm, Hi again,

I see a GY351 Gyro in there, which i have and am thinking of trying... Are you running your ailerons thru it ?? Maybe your on a 12X, Care to share how its setup, as im programing my 12X and have set up dual ailerons out of the TX/RX...

Cheers Jeremy.


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