Author Topic: Just a quick mock up of my JET USA-1X (Read 2138 times)

RC Storick · « **on:** May 16, 2006, 10:58:21 AM »

36 hrs into this project I have the basic kit cut and fuse together. It is best to gather all your parts in one place to see what you have and don't have.

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RC Storick · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2006, 01:38:34 PM »

This is the point I start to get excited. I like to mock the parts up an try to envision what it will look like when finished.

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Randy Powell · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2006, 01:59:44 PM »

Looks very cool, Robert. Not much like a USA-1, but then, original is probably better. Quickest balsa cutter around, that's certain.

wwwarbird · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2006, 05:23:53 PM »

Looks really cool Sparky but what's taking so long?

Seriously, It looks like another awsome model in the works. Do you suppose we can we see a pseudo military scheme on this one, like a cool 60's-70's type Navy scheme or something? I'll even say PLEASE...

RC Storick · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2006, 06:14:48 PM »

Maybe I still have plenty of gray left!

Leester · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2006, 06:26:08 PM »

I've got the Navy decals from my Nobler I didn't use and you can have them.

!Hey we need an Icon with a White hat.

RC Storick · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2006, 08:11:48 PM »

Thanks Leester but I will paint everything on. Here's a pic of progress after 48 hrs of work. It is just taped together and mocked up. Have to wait on the engine to get here to finish the nose.

Bill Little · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2006, 10:17:03 PM »

That is a sharp looking stunt ship already!

I somehow missed which engine you are planning to use. (

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Bill <><

RandySmith · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2006, 10:42:51 PM »

PA138 opposed twin

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Zuriel Armstrong · « **Reply #9 on:** May 17, 2006, 06:25:26 AM »

Beautiful lines Robert. In the last photo with the plane pieced together, I could picture a Batman motif with the right colors and trim. Anytime we need you, we could just shine the silhouette into the night sky.

RC Storick · « **Reply #10 on:** May 17, 2006, 07:17:49 AM »

Quote from: Zuriel on May 17, 2006, 06:25:26 AM

Beautiful lines Robert. In the last photo with the plane pieced together, I could picture a Batman motif with the right colors and trim. Anytime we need you, we could just shine the silhouette into the night sky.

Thanks Zuriel but no Batman paint. I did get an idea today. I don't need the exact engine to shape the nose. I have a Super Tiger 60 I can set in the bearers for the center line and shape the nose. So when my engine gets here all I have to do is drop it in and drill the holes. That way I can shape the cowl as well.

RC Storick · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2006, 05:51:03 PM »

With a airplane this size I am into weight hee bee jee bees. So once again the pilot has gone for a beer. The plastic pilot and canopy weigh 27 grams. The wood canopy I will be using weighs 10 grams and might loose some more. I would like to come out under 60 oz.

Jim Pollock · « **Reply #12 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:14:57 PM »

Robert,

Under 60 ounces? Foam Wing? I don't think so! Well, maybe with a minimal type of finish?

Jim Pollock

RandySmith · « **Reply #13 on:** May 19, 2006, 04:04:08 PM »

My EXEL was just as big and had a foam wing in it and weighed 59 ounces???
so that is possible , but there is no reason it has to weigh that. This plane will carry more weight very easy

Regards
Randy

wwwarbird · « **Reply #14 on:** May 20, 2006, 08:27:16 AM »

Ok here it is Sparky...
A grey Navy scheme with appropriate Navy lettering, stars and bars, panel lines etc. top and bottom, and RS big on the tail to look like some normal squadron markings or whatever. Maybe even in a style from your old group, (like the bicentennial scheme for an example?) or, like the U.S.S. Midway markings with the yellow/black sunburst tail like the old Phantoms had. With that type of scheme you could also fudge in some yellow and black on the wingtips and nose or, or...

Tom Niebuhr · « **Reply #15 on:** May 20, 2006, 08:47:19 AM »

Randy's "128 twin" sound good, but Randy is holding out on us. He is doing a mod on an IO360.. Lycoming 200HP... that should be great on those 25mph windy days at the Nats!

Jim Pollock · « **Reply #16 on:** May 20, 2006, 05:04:19 PM »

warbird

How about the Sundowners squardron from 1971 on the Coral Sea I think?
With that Jet look, a paint job off a Vietnam Era F4B would look cool! The sundowners
had Shark teeth on the nose and the red/white sunburst on the vertical fin.

Jim Pollock

wwwarbird · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2006, 11:55:32 AM »

Now we're talking! Whaddya think Sparky?