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Glasscat variant

Glasscat wheel wells

Laid up a set of wheel wells to install in the glasscat variant--since the canard lifts the nose off the ground I don't have to worry about the elevators in the rear as on a standard jet providing the force-so I located them in the thickest part of the wing which puts them 6 inches behind the projected CG location. Normally I put the CG just in line with the frnt of the tires-- these wells are the same as the ones in my Caproni varianthttp://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2045202 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2045203

You know, this wasn't a horrible looking airplane, wonder whatever happened?

Red
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...77892af7f6.jpg

Tracy, the guy trying to develop it, had personal issues....

I bought one--did not get a canopy so I made my own along with moulds of the fuse-----original design was tail heavy big time--I plan on a turbine powered model with the motor moved foreward for balance
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...f54a535f55.jpg
Here is the canopy ready for moulding

modified glasscat

Hey guys. I'm BACKKKKK. I am building a 9 foot wingspan jet for test purposes. It is the StarJet, but it is basically an F2B forward section (the F2B is an enlarged version of the F-16 for Japan), but graduates to the rear section of an F-18, with two engines. Still an inverted V tail. The intakes are on the bottom, ala F-16, but separate like the F-18. I am friends with Burt Rutan, who moved here to Coeurd'Alene, Idaho, about 4 years ago when he retired from his company "Scaled" in Mojave, California. His brother Dick Rutan, who flew around the world nonstop with Jeanna Yeager in the "Voyager", just moved here a few months ago also, but I haven't met him yet. Will do so in the next few days. There is a possibility that the StarJet will be in the first few minutes, or last few minutes of the next "Top Gun: Maverick" movie, due out on May 27th, with only the need for a full-size mockup to be used, for taxi out and taxi in scenes, and RC airplanes for the flight portion, where Maverick is teaching people to fly a jet before they go into the military, and then he gets called back to active duty, which is the theme of the movie. I will post photos of the new StarJet version in the next couple of days. The full-size jet will use two Williams International FJ-33 engines, or one FJ-44. Even if they don't use it in the movie, if Tom Cruise sees it he will most likely say, "I want one, lets get it developed". Burt said to bring the full-size jet kit to the market (like the ViperJet kit) will cost about $4 million. I think it can be done for around $3 million. It will be around 150 MPH faster than Tom Cruise's P-51 Mustang, and quieter, with two engines safer than his P-51. He will also not have to use an oxygen mask at high altitude, as it will be pressurized. I am sending a letter to his cousin, William Mapother, who has been in movies also, and had a minor part in the TV series, "Lost" a few years ago. He has a company called "Slated", to get screenwriters and investors together. He has an address to send him a letter on his website, and I have what should be his current home address in LA.
I am also friends with Murdo Cameron, here at the local airport, who is a retired Delta 767 Captain (he likes to say, "I have greased a lot off, but hardly ever greased any on"). He knows Tom Cruise's P-51 aircraft mechanic, Matt Jackson, in Van Nuys, California, as Murdo built a full-size P-51 out of composites about 15 years ago with a turbo-prop engine in it. I went to Van Nuys about 2.5 years ago, and had a meeting with Matt at the restaurant next to the Van Nuys airport, and when I showed him the display model of the StarJet he said, "Wow, that is cool, email me photos of it and I will get it to Tom Cruise". I did, but never heard anything back from him. I found out that his co-star, Glen Powell, got his Private Pilot license a couple of years ago, and I confirmed his mother's address in Austin, Texas, and sent her information about the StarJet, to get it to Glen, about 4 months ago. Haven't heard anything yet, though. That is when the next Top Gun was slated for release this last November 19th, before they re-scheduled for May. In any case, it looks like I will have funding to have the full-size mockup ready to take to the Oshkosh, Wisconsin, airshow at the end of July. Hope to see you there. Rick, it looks like you are doing an amazing job. Am anxious to see the finish and flight!

You are alive and well!!
Wish you luck and hope for more photos/videos here than in 8mm era ;)

Tracy Jensen LIVES!!!!!! Glad to see you are still out there, cowpoke!!!

Why do I get the feeling that this thread may lead to the time space continuum being ripped to shreds?

We might shift to a different time line---where the US has new currency---the IRS disappears and the earth turns out to be flat !----aaaaaah--what are the odds ?

PS---always loved the look of your glasscat Tracy--nice job !!

Someone pinch me. I must be dreaming :p

Nope, not dreaming ! The goodness of Tracy and Tom Cruise, John Travolta, the Playboy Bunnies.... It is all BACK!!!!

best thread of all time

I hope those old threads were saved--by far the best thread ever--anywhere !!!!!! Thought the mods were reasonable giving us some wiggle room! Will it rise from the ashes ?

Hi Rick. When do you think it will fly? Also, what engine will you use?

Ok, I see you will use a P-180. Do you have to route a path to the intake, ala curved tube, or can you just use a box chamber? A box chamber would be easier than using a 3d cad program and 3d print or plug and mold (maybe two-half vacuum formed transition) to do a smooth transition from a rectangle to circle intake duct.

modified glasscat

I don't worry about inlet ducting-the turbine will pull the air it needs as long as the inlet area is about 14 square inches in total--as far as flying--the pictures are of the plugs so moulds need made--currently I am oulding a plug for a pylon racer--GR-7 turbo prop
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...44e8559e8c.jpg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...689ebdca41.jpg

Looks pretty cool! Is that your design? What kind of resin do you use for your molds? Oh, just noticed the cat! Good camo being the same color. Is the GR-7 an actual model turbo-prop, like Jetcat puts out?

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Originally Posted by rick hamel (Post 12716988)

I hope those old threads were saved--by far the best thread ever--anywhere !!!!!! Thought the mods were reasonable giving us some wiggle room! Will it rise from the ashes ?

Hope springs eternal!!! I am just so happy he is back!!!!!!!!!!!

modified glasscat

My design--here is the Jetcat -10 I bought for it
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rcu...fca6140e84.jpg

Resin for moulds from US coposites--3-1 mix--45 min pot--cat is ferule female---an absolute expert at finding Vaccuum leaks in my bags--not kidding

Is the resin polyester or epoxy, and what is the product name and number? I am going to use Alphapoxy from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty in California. About the lowest price epoxy, but more expensive than polyester, but don't like the smell of polyester and it shrinks a bit over time. Epoxy is dimensionally stable. Alphapoxy is not for structural use in full-size aircraft, but is good for making molds.

Just dawned on me, has to be epoxy with a 3 to 1 mix, polyester uses drops of liquid hardener. Duh!

Epoxy---polyester requires MEKP at about 2%---I'll send the numbers later