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Building Tips and technical articles. => 1/2 A building. => Topic started by: john vlna on February 24, 2020, 02:15:14 PM
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Early this year while cleaning out some stuff I found an Estes kit of a Star Wars Y-fighter. Is was a very nice kit, good wood, very light.. I made mine electric, and it has flown. Not a stunter but it flies very well otherwise.
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That's certainly different. I didn't know there was a kit of this aircraft. Looks cool.
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Shame you are on opposite sides of the pond.
Mike May in the UK has recently built and flown an electric Estes X Wing.
2 up would have been cool. :)
Thread and video here...
http://controlline.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15461&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
TTFN
John.
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That's certainly different. I didn't know there was a kit of this aircraft. Looks cool.
Yes too bad they are made anymore although you can probably fine one fro sale on line
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Shame you are on opposite sides of the pond.
Mike May in the UK has recently built and flown an electric Estes X Wing.
2 up would have been cool. :)
Thread and video here...
http://controlline.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15461&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
TTFN
John.
Yes I would have liked that. Maybe I'll find an X-wing kit. A couple guys in my club have a RTF plastic made by Testors. Thay are a bit similar, should be neat with us all in the air. The plastic RTF's actually fly well.
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I have two of the Y-wing kits and an X-wing kit in the closet. I tried to get my brother-in-law interested in CL with one of the Y-Wing kits, but he didn't have an interest.
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You say it flies well does it glide any distance when it is time to land ?
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well I don't really know. I have only landed under power. Nice thing about electric, they are easy to throttle. I think the glide without power would be OK but you might have to whip a bit.
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It is great to see the fun put back into control line. H^^