RE: || Future of the H!O!B!B!Y! ||
in 50 years, rc plane that converts from glider to pylon racer (or jet, mach 1 speed) to 4d plane (4d variable pitch propellor) midflight. battery technology allows plane to stay in air forever because atmosphere charges battery. nanolight camera allows multiple camera angles or movable head to telescopic camera. cannot crash plane because satellite-controlled technology allows plane to land itself like in the current unmanned aerial planes in the military. actually i made this plane. i am selling it for a cool $1,000,000,000,000. any takers [;)]
Posted on: 7/13/2008 9:25 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Electric General Discussion"
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RE: Vallejo california??
Today's my birthday and I wanted to fly my first RC airplane here in Vallejo. I know this is an RC car thread, but do you guys know where in and around Vallejo I can fly?
Posted on: 7/11/2008 11:31 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "RC Regional Racers & Bashers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER Part 7 : The Basics To The Darkest of Dark
We like the Hitec HS-82MG servos. I posted a question a few days ago about why my HS-82MGs made a sound at their end travel. I then bought 2 more and swapped them and they made the same sound. I guess, compared to the stock servos, the HS-82MGs do make a little bit sound possibly due to the metal gears. So far the results have been good, I get a lot more throw and can manuever my Stryker so much better in every direction.
Posted on: 6/24/2008 3:41 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: Build A Bullet Proof Stryker (Brushless Or Stock)
Streaker... that's a totally unique design lke aliens from outer space. cant wait to see how it looks and flies.
Posted on: 6/23/2008 3:14 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER Part 7 : The Basics To The Darkest of Dark
wow i am amazed they let you fly over a golf course. i would never expect that. i think my nearby golf courses prohibit it.
Posted on: 6/20/2008 4:35 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER Part 7 : The Basics To The Darkest of Dark
[quote]ORIGINAL: Stryker_Viking [b]CAN’T BELIEVE MY LUCK…[/b] No wonder I have faith and feel better in a heartbeat Received a phonecall yesterday from Marin RC (LHS) who just had my long lost twin motor wing turned in by someone who found it on a river bank in the mud... I picked it up yesterday It's in one piece - perhaps somewhat dirty as it's covered in mud as you can see, but who cares... This plane was lost about 4 months ago, and obviously went boating for a while until it was found... What can be learned: ALWAYS MARK you plane at several places with info for the finder where to go/call etc. This time my business card was unreadable but the sticker with the LHS was still there. Will have to go through all the stuff to see if it can be fixed etc. after a power wash...lol Stryker_Viking [/quote] That's simply phenomenal that HH will replace that AR6200. Its almost free considering that plane was pretty much a goner.
Posted on: 6/10/2008 6:51 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER Part 7 : The Basics To The Darkest of Dark
Hi Speekddriven, can you please share your claim number? This way, we can all reference your case/claim # and get an upgrade. You can PM me since I asked, or you can share it will everyone. Of course, only asking if you can help, but not expecting it of course. Have a great weekend all! P.S. Does the AR6100e have problems too?
Posted on: 6/6/2008 9:44 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER Part 7 : The Basics To The Darkest of Dark
hobby shop going out of business? i bet they never had anything on sale ever. if i were you i would have bought half the store. prices in this industry retain their value considerably well.
Posted on: 6/3/2008 11:45 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER Part 7 : The Basics To The Darkest of Dark
Brazman, I realized my Hs-82MGs needed to have the travel adjustment reduced to about 80% or so both ways to correct the issue. How about you guys... are you getting 100% travel for elevator (up down), aileron (left right) or slightly less like me? Thanks have a great weekend yall
Posted on: 5/31/2008 1:32 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER Part 7 : The Basics To The Darkest of Dark
Hey Brazman, I have the dx6i by Spektrum. I have the AR6200 Rx. Before I replaced the servos, there wasn't this issue. I hear the sound when I travel from one end of the servos' travel to the other, Hey Gryphon, I don't know what to do. 2.4 Ghz. This issue didn't happen with stock servos. The youtube video is poor quality, but I get the buzz sound during control movement of the servos as well as if i hold the servos in one end position (left/right for aileron, up down for elevator). also, sporadic jitter without control input. Edit: when i removed the servos, along with the receiver and operated the servos same issue, so i dont think its the radio that is to blame. should i assume i have stripped servos?
Posted on: 5/30/2008 3:32 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: stryker f27c servo fix
Hi all, my newly installed HS-82MG servos buzz right out of the box. like in this youtube video: [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcEnjn49WY[/link] They jitter too, even without transmitter input. What's wrong.. I am sad. I realized this after I installed them and made everything nice. Anyway, any help would be great.
Posted on: 5/30/2008 12:21 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER Part 7 : The Basics To The Darkest of Dark
Hi guys, As many have recommended, I upgraded my stock F-27C servos to Hitec HS-82MG. To my dismay, I installed them but later realized they make a buzzing sound similar to in this youtube [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZcEnjn49WY[/link]video. What is a stripped servo? Is this the case... they are new or atleast supposed to be new. The comments in the youtube video suggest somethign about neutral being off. I took off the servo arms and it still makes that buzzing sound, even moving a little without any input (that is, it jitters even without me touching the Tx). At the time of purchase, the salesman at my local hobby shop used a little device to check to see if the servos were working, but rather hastily, and i do not recall if the servos made this sound or jitter initially. But these two problem manifested themselves once I installed them in my bird. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Posted on: 5/30/2008 12:15 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: Parkzone Typhoon 3D ?
orange
Posted on: 5/16/2008 9:57 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Foamies! - RC Electric Foam Aircraft"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=7502996

RE: Build A Bullet Proof Stryker (Brushless Or Stock)
such a beauty. where did you buy the motor mount. or did u fabricate it yourself? kevlar? where do you buy that stuff. it looks great. how does it fly? how much does it weigh? wow. edit: i hope its not rude, and if you take it as rude then you dont have to answer this.. how much does the body alone with the kevlar reinforcements and carbon fiber, etc cost, not including the price of the $40 Stryker body? Thinking about doing this one day if I have some spare dough lying around and i feel the need to spoil myself.
Posted on: 5/6/2008 2:51 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
thanks Stryker_Viking for the visual aid. appreciate it as usual. thanks Gryphon for part 6. i saw pictures of reaperofsoulz's motor mount up close at this [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4790624/anchors_7461099/mpage_16/key_/anchor/tm.htm#7461099]thread[/link] by the way.
Posted on: 5/6/2008 1:18 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
thanks Aerorecon for taking the time to post another close up shot and to Gryphon for extra info. I have purchased large quantities of glow in the dark paint by Krylon, which i don't know what to do with yet, but a glow in the dark Stryker with UV-LED lighting installled (the UV part will accentutate flourescent paint) sounds like a possible future project. Oh ya, Aerorecon whiat camera are you using? Flycamone2 by hobby lobby? Those are some nice shots. How much does your camera + mount weigh?
Posted on: 5/5/2008 9:23 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
AeroRecon, how did you paint your Stryker. Can you post a close up sometime. It looks unique and i wanted to know how you did it, but i also cant see it very well.
Posted on: 5/5/2008 3:18 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
thats an idea id like to try but please excuse my ingnorance, i dont know what ca stringers are. I googled it to no avail. I think gorilla glue will not stick to metal if diluted enough with water, and is not compressed to form a bond. We'll see how it goes. Stay tuned.
Posted on: 5/4/2008 10:48 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
thanks Stefano, I'm glad you reminded me about using the gorilla glue to patch up the gap/hole. The gap is right behind the nose landing gear aluminum pole which I want to keep unglued to the foam. Can you suggest a way for me to fill the gap with gorilla glue while keeping my nose gear in place and not letting the nose gear get glued in as well. (I know i can use the gorilla with the nose gear removed, but then i will have to dig another hole to slide the landing gear in again).This is so that my removable landing gear can stay removable. I didn't realize nose heavy makes Stryker more jet like. That's what i observed in my maiden flights indeed. My bird takes off like a jet, requiring long runway but it looks good/scale in my opinion.
Posted on: 5/4/2008 6:18 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
thanks Gryphon, As usual, I appreciate your support and helpfulness. I didn't even realize that travel had two sets of adjustments and you had to move the stick to access it. To think I flew with such an incomplete setup... lol. On closer inspection ( i don't know why i didn't realize earlier), my right control surface is warped. Having never exposed my plane to excessive heat or sunlight, this problem probably existed since the beginning. Nothing some trim coudn't fix. Replacing with balsa is the next obvious step. I am trying to fix my plane as i flew it a second time in the evening and crash landed my bird. Was landing and contacted the ground at a rocky, unlevel area between asphault and grass. it is hard to describe but basically it was the ugliest landing ever, causing the plane to jump back into the air and lose the right landing gear. I aimed for asphault and barely missed it by literally a couple inches. Lesson I learned: come in for the landings lower by using more throttle control, rather than idle the bird down rather steeply. my bad. it was kind of dark at the time.. no, that's a pathetic excuse. the result: landing gear broke in two places, at the plastic base of right rear landing gear and at the plastic nose gear mount. Easily fixed with gorilla glue. The carbon fiber strip along the middle of my plane was frayed a little where the nose gear's aluminum pole (for lack of a better word) jutted and tore into the foam. So with a gap/hole in the foam behind the aluminum pole, I have to find a way to help secure the aluminum pole so the nose gear can be rigid again. i plan on using a dremel to cut the right sized whole in a piece of thick plywood and secure this piece of wood around the nose gear where aluminum pole meets the foam. All in all, not a bad crash. The heavy duct tape minimized damage to the foam afterall. Very coincidentally, i ran into an F-27C Stryker flyer as I was getting ready to leave the high school i was flying at. I got to see how a stock f-27c flies with no extra weight.. it went a little bit faster and a lot higher than mine. then i flew mine again and the rest is history. Measuring the throws... It might be best if I first replace the warped control surface with balsa.. something I am not too experienced with and it could take some time. Yes thank you that video is probably the best video i have seen on Stryker landing gear. I'll have to make my own video some time to give other people alternative ideas. - thanks Bub, My first flights were rewarding. I enjoyed all the work i put into my first Strkyer. I'll have even more fun as i go deeper into the dark side...
Posted on: 5/4/2008 2:37 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
thanks Gryphon, Here are some close-up shots of my landing gear. They have spring suspensions btw. i made the landing gear similar to most ROG setups. Since the weight of the plane is more toward the nose, the landing gear supports mainly the front of the plane. The CG is shifted roughly 0.5 inch from stock point. Pushing the battery back is a good idea but I first need to upgrade my ESC to one that is hopefully slimmer and can fit closer to the motor without me having to carve out more foam (i don't like to carve foam that much). Travel adjust aileron 85% , elevator 85% Throws on high rate: Aileron 3-4mm up, 7-8mm down ..... Elevator 3-5mm up, 10-11mm down. Curiously, both sides are not the same (so i gave you the range). Any idea how to fix this..? Also, my elevator up is alot smaller than elevator down. Repositioning on pushrod on control horn did not seem to fix. High rate: aileron 85% 10 %, elevator 85% expo 10% Low rate: aileron 85% expo 35%, elevator 85% expo 35% edit: added one more pic from hobbycity.com for a better closeup without plane.
Posted on: 5/4/2008 1:24 AM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
Wuttup all, I just got home from flying my Stryker for the first time. I had three flights on 3 batteries and everything went smooth, luckily. This bird was so tame because it was so heavy and underpowered that it couldn't even do a loop without first diving then doing the loop. Rolls were simple and inverted flight looked good. I had D/R and Expo settings at 85% and 10%, respectively for both aileron/rudder (for fear of the stripped servo issue others have reported). I took off on asphault and landed on grass, which was a little wet. It took about 30 feet to take off. Landings were smooth as I simply idled my Stryker to the ground with a little flare at the end. I needed a lot of room to land it as it just floated all the way down. iamman
Posted on: 5/3/2008 12:06 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
Stryker Viking, maybe if you modified your Zagi with flaps you could bring it down easy... just a thought. Btw, how do you make those digital backdrops in your uploaded pictures, not this most recent one but in the past. Do you just use Adobe photoshop?
Posted on: 5/2/2008 11:09 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
[quote]ORIGINAL: BubbleGum Nice work. One word of caution... You have the main gear pretty far forward so there is a possibility that the prop might hit the ground on take off. Have you seen at what angle nose up that the plane of the ground crosses the circle of the prop? That is, turn the prop so it is oriented up/down, place the plane on a flat table, then pivot the plane on the rear gear and note the angle when the prop just touches the table. As long as you don't get near that angle on take off it should work well. I forgot to ask, or if I did forgot the answer. What kind of field are you going to launch. Dirt or pavement or? ~Bub [/quote] thanks Bub, When the plane pivots on the rear gear the rear edges of the swept back wing hit the table before the circle of the prop even comes close. I played around with the placement of the gear to make it back more or forward more and I decided where it currently is because its right at the center of gravity and should facilitlate takeoffs. the nose gear is sort of forward and the reason i put it there was simply because i wanted to put the servo above it to control steering and thats the best place i could find without thinking too hard. You never asked, i dont think, but I plan to fly on pavement, and on grass. the landing gear is really high so ground clearance is not a problem.. i hope. I plan to stay away from dirt given that the rear placement of the motor makes it susceptible to dust/debris I am guessing. don't want to take the chance. [quote]ORIGINAL: Stryker_Viking I helped a guy the other week at the field with a similar setup as yours, this is what I had to do to make his Stryker balance correctly: * Removed all duct tape in front of COG-dimples * Replaced the frontwheel with a Light-Weight alternative that I had laying around * Replaced his stock 6x4 prop to a 5.5 x 5.5 He later used spray paint to the areas where the very heavy duct tape had been... Good luck Stryker Viking [/quote] thanks Stryker Viking, What happened to your friend's plane did he even have the guts to maiden it.. if so, what was the result? My big question to you is about nose-heavy planes. I heard that if you fly nose heavy its no problem. if you fly tail heavy, you fly once. So given that my Stryker is nose heavy (assuming that carving out the foam in certain places did not mess up the center of gravity of the plane at the COG dimples), will this present a problem or what? I might remove the duck tape because i am positive that it adds a lot of unnecessary weight to my plane, although removal probably won't affect medial balance (nose-tail heaviness). Do you think the clear transparent duck tape i covered the rest of my plane with adds too much weight as well? it is the duck brand packaging tape and i have it all over the place on my Stryker. (Only a single layer) If I remove the heavier duct tape along the middle of my Styker, should I replace it with clear transparent packaging tape like the rest of my plane or can i use strapping tape which is heavier. I just wanted to make my Stryker strong in case i crash it hence the duct tape. Last question is about the 5.5 X 5.5 prop. So it is shorter than the stock 6 X 4 prop but has greater pitch. How does the 5.5 X 5.5 prop compare to a 6 X 5.5 prop? Just curious, and do you think i can upgrade to 6 X 5.5 with no problem. *just for clarification as it gets confusing: duck tape = clear packaging tape by duck brand, which i used everywhere on my plane except where I used duct tape duct tape = colorful, heavier duty tape also by duck brand, which i placed on middle of plane on its underside. ... Thank you everyone.
Posted on: 5/2/2008 11:00 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
hi, My Stryker is all stock but i reinforced the airframe with clear duck brand packaging tape all around except the middle underside where I reinforced/stylized with blue and neon orange duck tape. I added a servo in front of battery bay to control steering on nose landing gear. (Fixed [8D]) landing gear is heavy duty, not very aerodynamic, purchased at hobbycity per a previous post of mine. I opted for this heavy duty landing gear because when i was about to put in some 2mm wire retracts, yall advised me its too wimpy to handle the stryker landings. all in all my Stryker tips the scales at 32.9 oz. Some of the extra weight comes from gorilla glue securing front nose gear mount, three thin (useless?) strips of carbon fiber embedded from the belly and reinforcing the middle of the plane , and 12 small neodynium magnets securing the removable nose, and also the battery hatch. Stock motor, stock prop, stock 11.1v 2200 mAh lipo. Center of gravity is very nose heavy. Its been sort of windy in southern california and i am waiting for docile weather to maiden my plane. Can you experienced pilots tell me if my plane is too heavy for the stock electronics, what to expect for this nose heavy plane, and do you think it will still glide well especially on landings. Check out ma pix!
Posted on: 5/1/2008 6:31 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
Hey jumper, cool i've never before seen the relationship laid out like that. i bought an eflite power meter but it didnt come with any plugs so its been collecting dust as i haven't decided whether to stick with the blue EC3s or the dean ultra plugs. can you guys help me make my mind. leaning towards ec3 as i own all parkzone products so far like the parkzone charger, 3 lipos, etc. i figure if it aint broke, dont fix it so i didnt bother to swich over to deans but then again i dont know what i am missing. the good thing about my current landing gear is that it is removable. the nose gear screws off, and the rear gear is secured with clear packaging tape and velcro.
Posted on: 5/1/2008 6:00 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: B1B lancer working wings and bombbay what
whre u learn to make molds and stuff. i commnted on your video. you can contact me here.
Posted on: 5/1/2008 5:40 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Electric RC Jets"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
Gryphon and Brazman, Thanks for your help. I appreciate it very much. It works now. You guys are wonderful.
Posted on: 4/28/2008 11:37 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
Hey gang! I was hoping you all could help me with my little problem. I have posted before, but nothing outrageously interesting... I have yet to fly my Stryker. I bought a Spektrum dx6i Tx with AR6200 Rx. No matter what i do, I can't get the ailerons and elevator controls to work like they should. When I go left/right on "aileron" stick, the elevons act like elevators move up and down. When I move up/down on the "elevator" stick, the elevons act like ailerons, one side moving up and the other side moving down. I played around with wing/tail mixing, switched the servo connections for aileron/elevator on the Rx, but still couldn't get a different outcome. Do i have a buggy Stryker, or am i overlooking something? Everything on this F-27C Stryker is stock. Thanks in advance.
Posted on: 4/28/2008 9:30 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: F27 STRYKER -Way Past the Limits Part 6 -Go deeper in to the Dark Side...
vector thrust as in vertical takeoffs a ala Harrier jet plane? o.O wow... sick! P.S. update on RCX event this past weekend in Pomona, CA. Wasn't fun. visitors were in and out within the first hour. edit: vector thrust not what I had in mind but still cool. edit: I didn't do the retracts like originally planned. I was too anxious to start flying my stryker. i instead used this fixed landing gear from hobbycity.com , it gives a nice scale jet appearance i think. http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=4681
Posted on: 4/25/2008 6:04 PM by Author "iamman711" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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