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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

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

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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!

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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...

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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F-15 Tomcat then an F17 Hornet.

Turbines in both.

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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

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

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

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:D:D

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

Kraus

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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?

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Re-engine it with Kamdax, and fly it!

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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

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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.......

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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.

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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