Tucson pics
 

Good day out at the Tucson jet rally. Jason, Tony showing us how a Bobcat can be flown. Weather was good and there was a good Friday turnout. I have some digi pics.

Vin...

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Jason with BV`s P-120 powered Bobcat.

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Shawn Ahsby and Brett, they travel to jet events in style.

Matt
 

Things did not go well for Matt, seen here repairing a split Bandit tank. Shortly after this he mid aired with a Y/A Starfire. At 200mph there was only confetti, the famous lime green Bandit is no more.

ME-262
 

I got a hand full of flights on my elec Airworld ME-262. Still looking for the right batt combo but even in some heavy afternoon winds it still performed well.

Vin...

BVM F-4
 

Nice bvm F-4 P-120 powered, this guy used to fly the full size monsters. Placed some impressive flights.

F-15
 

Dave Fusanato and his Avonds F-15. Dave is a good scale flyer.

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vin
nice pictures
i will get to meet you at az jet rally this year
vinny

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Vincent, great pics, keep them coming. The Airworld ME-262 :cool: , can that be converted to a turbine? Whats it weight and what fan and motor setup do you have in it now?

Sung

Re: Matt
 

RIP Im sorry also.

Tucson Jet Ralley
 

Vincent

Not to change the subject or anything, but did you ever hear what caused the jet to crash this morning (Saturday). I was video-taping it and I noticed only 2 of the 3 gears came up. It looked like the pilot put the other two back down and was turing around to land. In my video it looks like it just rolled almost 180 degrees and straight down. I left after the runway presentation, my son was getting pretty cold. It definitely looked to me like something either broke or he got hit by somebody.

he stalled....
 

and spun in.

It was a high wind and I think he misjudged his airspeed going downwind.


It was not a good weekend for bandits :-(

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Matt,
Sorry to hear about the bandit, my condolences!

Todd

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Same here.

"The downfall of a man is not the end of his life". I know he will come back with something bigger and better.

Hang in there my friend!!.

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Hi Guys, The crash was like Matt said, it was Jaime Cortez big Rafale. Not totaled.

Sung, provide me with your e-mail address and we can discuss the ME-262 elec hardware. The jet is begging for a couple of small SJ 700 engines or even two 500`s turned down in power. The glass work is very light and would need some strength. I am considering another with two turbos, we are still trying to get the battery combo right, its still a work in progress but it does fly well even in the winds at Tucson.

Here is Dave Fusonato`s AD Mirage.

BVM F-4
 

This jet is awesome in the air and up close. Superb job of building and detailing.

Saturday noontime lineup
 

Good turnout!!

Tucson pics
 

Electric jets F-86`s. Bob Ruff owns the Sabres and Dave Reynolds the Vampire

F-15
 

Duffs F-15, he had some tough luck with both his jets. Motor / ecu problems kept them grounded.

oops
 

I thought we were talking about the white bandit, I did not see Jaime go in...I think "go in" is an exaggeration, it just belly landed, I did not see the damage. The white bandit was a total write off I heard


As for mine thanks very much for the condolences, I did get about 440 flights, and I learned a lot about buidling and flying bandits. I plan on applying all of these lessons to a new Super Bandit.


It was great to see my west coast jet friends, Vin, Dave, Mark, Mike, Clay, Debbie, Tony, Kevin, Harley, Spence, Duff, Ed, Kim, Skeet, Rich, Terry and everyone else!!

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Matt,

I assumed it was Jaimes Rafale because he was flying with one stuck main the other post referred to?? I did not see the White Bandit go in but it was considered to be pilot error from conversation I heard.

Vin...