century jet Sea Fury
04-28-2003, 08:54 PM
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Hi there,
I was again looking for some nice warbirds for me tobuild, when I found the Century Jet Sea Fury... I never built a Sea Fury before so I think I might get that baby... the price is OK for me, I just wanted to know if anybody got some experience with the kit (built it, flew it, crashed it.....)
anything helps
Oh by the way... I like pictures too
ty in advance
Jakob
I was again looking for some nice warbirds for me tobuild, when I found the Century Jet Sea Fury... I never built a Sea Fury before so I think I might get that baby... the price is OK for me, I just wanted to know if anybody got some experience with the kit (built it, flew it, crashed it.....)
anything helps
Oh by the way... I like pictures too
ty in advance
Jakob
04-29-2003, 11:11 AM
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Jakob, I haven't seen the century jet seafury fly but I have seen the vallincort version and its an excellent flyer!... The one I saw was at Warbirds over Delaware last year and flown with a G-62. I was impressed with the speed of the plane on that engine. I asked the pilot what he was using for power because the plane flew with such authority.. anyway.. Vallincorts Seafury is a little larger than Century's but I would think the Century plane would/should fly very well too.. Just my ovservations BobH.
04-29-2003, 04:34 PM
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I framed up the CJM Spitfire and was very unimpressed with the kit's components. Instructions are minimal so experience will be a necessity. Also, the CJM kits tend to build very heavy. Having said that, I have seen the CJM Sea Fury fly and it seems to do so very well. Just be prepared to stick lots of power in it. The one I saw weighed in at over 40 pounds!
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Mine seemed awfully heavy (about 38#), instructions are for the "scratch builder", retract instalation was absolute junk. One colapsed w/ taxiing. Has neet scale air ducting and scale exhaust is available. Oh yeah, rigging the steering for the forward retracting tail wheel is like building a "ship in a bottle".
04-29-2003, 08:41 PM
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Hey guys,
thanks for your help with the Sea Fury... I think I leave my fingers off of her for a while... I still got my Taylor Spit to finish, and later this year the PCM 109... but thanks for all your tipps...
apreciate it
Jakob
thanks for your help with the Sea Fury... I think I leave my fingers off of her for a while... I still got my Taylor Spit to finish, and later this year the PCM 109... but thanks for all your tipps...
apreciate it
Jakob
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Jakob....Why not a Don Smith Seafury.....relatively an easy build and flys great on a G-62........put many flts on mine til a battery failure @ Joe Nall several yrs ago.......Bill.....
04-29-2003, 09:23 PM
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Hey Bill,
thanks for the info...
nice kit... but only the plans :cry: ... I'm not really the "from nothing up to something" kind of builder... I like to work with wood but need the pre cut stuff...
I'm going to see if I can find some more info about that model...
ty again...
Jakob
thanks for the info...
nice kit... but only the plans :cry: ... I'm not really the "from nothing up to something" kind of builder... I like to work with wood but need the pre cut stuff...
I'm going to see if I can find some more info about that model...
ty again...
Jakob
04-30-2003, 12:52 AM
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Jakob, there are about umm a Gazillion... ?? ok atleast 5 kit cutters out there that would be happy to produce you a very nice wood kit for around $300-$400 bucks. You buy the plans from the plan maker... Don Smith, Nick Z. , Roy Valliancort etc and they supply the kit. You can even get fiberglass fuse for some kits. Hope this helps.. regards BobH.
