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Title: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Mike Griffin on March 16, 2012, 08:02:12 AM

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if the Hawker Sea Fury was ever kitted?

Thanks

Mike

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Chris McMillin on March 16, 2012, 10:42:49 AM

Make a deal with Al Rabe to kit his and you'll see a lot of them. I'd pay 250 bucks one. Easy.
Chris...

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Bill Little on March 16, 2012, 11:52:38 AM

Hi Mike,

AFAIK, the Sea Fury has never been kitted as a C/L stunter.  And Al's is the ultimate example of a very scale looking full stunt machine.

Top Flite does offer a stand off scale Sea Fury for R/C.

Bill

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Mike Griffin on March 16, 2012, 11:58:58 AM

Hi Chris and Hi Bill

Thanks for your responses.  I was not inquiring for the purposes of doing a kit run of the design I was wanting to build one for myself if there was a kit of it or if anyone knew where I could get plans so I could build one.

Thanks for your help

Mike

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Pat Johnston on March 16, 2012, 12:04:49 PM

Patience...
Pat

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Balsa Butcher on March 16, 2012, 12:07:59 PM

Hmmm, put a Brodak/Pat Spitfire wing on a Brodak/Pat Jonston Bearcat fuselage and tail feathers, paint Sea-Furyish. It could work (but patience would be a better idea).  8)

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Mike Griffin on March 16, 2012, 01:21:57 PM

Patience is a virtue..   y1 y1 #^ #^

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Brett Buck on March 16, 2012, 01:44:02 PM

Quote from: Mike Griffin on March 16, 2012, 11:58:58 AM

Hi Chris and Hi Bill

Thanks for your responses.  I was not inquiring for the purposes of doing a kit run of the design I was wanting to build one for myself if there was a kit of it or if anyone knew where I could get plans so I could build one.

   The one you want is the Al Rabe version for sure. You need to sweet-talk Al to get plans.

    Brett

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Walter Hicks on March 16, 2012, 06:50:28 PM

Would love to build one this has always been my favorite plane.

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Bill Little on March 16, 2012, 07:03:04 PM

I have never heard that Al has ever given any one his plans for the Sea Fury. ??

Bill

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Wynn Robins on March 16, 2012, 09:22:59 PM

I think i have plans for one somewhere. not Al Rabe plans....id love tlhose!!

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Joseph Patterson on March 17, 2012, 01:45:46 AM

     Dat Westerner did say Patience!!
          Doug

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Chris McMillin on March 17, 2012, 09:01:18 AM

Quote from: Mike Griffin on March 16, 2012, 11:58:58 AM

Hi Chris and Hi Bill

Thanks for your responses.  I was not inquiring for the purposes of doing a kit run of the design I was wanting to build one for myself if there was a kit of it or if anyone knew where I could get plans so I could build one.

Thanks for your help

Mike

Too bad, I was ready to buy and build.
Chris...

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Mike Griffin on March 17, 2012, 10:04:41 AM

I appreciate the thought Chris but I doubt if I will put out another kit until next year.  I have the YAK9 D coming out this summer and then I think I am going to take some time to catch up on some building projects of mine.  Al Rabe and I have swapped some e mails about the Sea Fury and I ordered the disk from Al on building it.  I want to build a prototype of it for myself before I even think about doing a kit and of course that would be something that Al would have to approve and we have not even discussed at this point...

Mike

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: Wynn Robins on March 17, 2012, 02:44:55 PM

I'd take a kit if you ever did one. cool looking plane!

Title: Re: Hawker Sea Fury
Post by: dale gleason on March 17, 2012, 05:01:54 PM

This may or may not be appropo....I had the unenviable task of  moving John Callentine's Rabe Mustang up the line in the pulltest pits. I just didn't want to mess up in any way, this is a gorgeous plane, I don't know if Al has ever seen it, but it is just unbelievable.

Anyway, I decided to lift it from beneath the fuselage in the wing center section between the "shock gear".
It has to be filled with helium. Just unbelievable! I don't know what it weighs, but it is light beyond anything that size and with that gorgeous of finish.

I had talked with John at appearance judging the day before about his plane and he mentioned he would like to build Al's Sea Fury. If anyone on the planet can build the perfect tribute to it, it is John Callentine.

And he flies it guite well, too, I'd have second thoughts about tooling around with a plane like that in less than ideal conditions.

dg