RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
I have pulled out the GMS and are putting a new motor in it have gone with a smaller size but it will still be ok JBA .61, I have also ripped out the retracts that come with it are are installing a set of pneumatic ones, I will have to make the front wheel non rotating now, not a bad price on the retracts $NZ200 for a full set of 3 with all the fittings
Posted on: 10/16/2009 1:28 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: Oh boy, not very safe
I wonder how he will feel when he gets a bill for the repair of a 90 heli due to it breaking
Posted on: 10/15/2009 8:45 PM by Author "snappa" in the forum "RC Helicopter General Discussions"
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RE: Oh boy, not very safe
http://www.imafanz.com/
Posted on: 10/14/2009 5:19 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "RC Helicopter General Discussions"
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Oh boy, not very safe
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Toys-models/Radio-control/Helicopters/auction-246665628.htm and his site http://www.imafanz.com/
Posted on: 10/14/2009 5:18 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "RC Helicopter General Discussions"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
Im sure it didnt help but no the GMS did the same thing on the ground and lost me a mustang in the past, I will be addressing the fuel issue as I have an old pump going spare so I might set that up
Posted on: 10/3/2009 12:26 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
Maiden today, you know I hate GMS motors, thought I would give this one another go even though it cost me a mustang..... Took off and a bit of work trimming her up, couple of go arounds and yep bloody GMS died on me, came in dead stick and with a very fast glide knew I was going to over shoot the runway so lifted up the retracts and landed in the long grass, only damage was the brass parts on the front nose wheel which broke off so I was quite lucky actually I am considering removing the retracts and putting in cheap air ones, too be honest the quality of the retracts is OK but the design of the front wheel seems to lead to damage? I will also chuck out the GMS and go with a JBA engine (Budget cant stretch to a OS) I think this will be quite fast once I start wringing it out what about a 90 too big you think?
Posted on: 10/2/2009 7:46 PM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
No first flight today raining here being spring...... did start it up though and it sounds very good with lots of grunt, quite a nose up position on the ground but I feel you want this for this type of jet, also the tank is about 300-350 mm away from the carb so I may have leaning issues during climbs the manufacture states place the tank in backwards.... not me prefer it the right way around if it causes issues I may look at a regulator? what do you think
Posted on: 10/1/2009 10:01 PM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
yeah guess its not that bad after all its my "cave" Weather here is crap but are trying to make it tomorrow for the maiden
Posted on: 9/30/2009 11:41 PM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
Actually the wing is not that fat, I have a GMS .76 in it I have ended up using 8 channels on it and when the front wheel is folded up I lock the front wheel servo I am getting the feeling its not an extreme speed machine but I will expect it will be quite quick, long and sleek and I bet landings will be hot and fast.....no floating in with this one lol I like this plane because its a little unusual, I have beefed up the wires to the retracts by covering them with cf tube as I have never liked bare wire on it, it has a rudder but being high on the tail I expect it to induce a little roll? still might help with cross winds im going to fire it up with the GMS and see how it flys, if it goes well I will shift up to a bigger motor #1 main photo build in progress, #2 Fuel tank would you belive the manufacturer states the clunk goes to the front? I have a bit of concern about the length of tube required to put it in the right way #3 towards the front #4 Business end #5 the mod I had to do to fit CF on the wheel well, manufacturer says bend the rod to skirt around the well, not the best design, #6 Wheel well out of round had to fill on one side with epoxy and microballons #7 lol Garage is not always this messy just while building :-)
Posted on: 9/30/2009 2:23 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
[link=http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.modelmaniacsonline.co.uk/upload/products/md_1215785023_XM%2520Pushy%2520Cat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.modelmaniacsonline.co.uk/products.php%3FProductID%3D6731%26CatID%3D423&usg=__yIWo4XBdaMP_MmOlrktHrhyouIs=&h=161&w=256&sz=6&hl=en&start=12&um=1&tbnid=A7olngwjWVZyUM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpushy%2Bcat%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1]nothing close to this I feel[/link] just because it has a high tail does not make this a copy
Posted on: 9/30/2009 2:05 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
almost finished, flight report soon
Posted on: 9/29/2009 4:09 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: SN HOBBIES = SCAMMER
you are a troll dude
Posted on: 9/6/2009 3:10 PM by Author "snappa" in the forum "RC Helicopter General Discussions"
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RE: Copter X 500 build
What flight times are you getting?
Posted on: 8/26/2009 12:09 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Electric RC Helis"
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RE: rich model keecat.60 size kingcat with retracts
Well I brought a Keecat II
Posted on: 7/26/2009 11:16 PM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: Pusher props
whats the best muffler solution for a pusher? normal muff will not work
Posted on: 7/26/2009 8:27 PM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
more pics
Posted on: 7/23/2009 4:12 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
Quite interested in how this will handle with the high elevator I guess landings will be shallow and fast
Posted on: 7/23/2009 2:49 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
price?
Posted on: 7/23/2009 2:46 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
HOW MUCH? and why are you selling it
Posted on: 7/23/2009 2:36 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
Well glued the tail and elevator on tonight, things to note, place a loop or draw wire into the tail before fitting other wise you will never get it in later, DRY FIT EVERYTHING if you glue it you dont want any supprises, I found the upper elevator to be out of alignment which required a "kick" anti clockwise by slotting the screw holes, use the usual method of a string attached to central points of the body to check alignment
Posted on: 7/22/2009 6:16 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
I do want some advice on motor size as I dont want to put a 90 in it and find it uncontrollable
Posted on: 7/22/2009 2:19 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
Started the build last night one thing to watch for, I am happy with the quality but found the knife cuts for one hinge on the rudder out of alignment by about 1mm not much but enough to be annoying some other comments I have so far is the tail is held on by captive screws put in from the inside of the fuselage, it does not mention glue but I will be glueing it into place, this is the same setup for the high elevator, screws but no mention of glue... I will glue both, probably go with a new motor too as I never really liked the GMS performance
Posted on: 7/22/2009 2:18 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
The retracts at this stage seem very secure with little play, actually they seem to almost have a wedge like effect in the down position, just enough to keep them tight, I was going to use an old GMS .76 in this but now are not too sure as its not the best motor I have I may go for something else but a 90 I think may be too big?
Posted on: 7/21/2009 3:53 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
Christina was kind enough to get in the photo for a size comparison for the mock up control surfaces are ailerons, elevator and rudder
Posted on: 7/21/2009 3:48 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
The website photos don't do it justice is actually quite big, you will see a bic lighter in some of the photos for a size comparison, I don't smoke but I think its an international item
Posted on: 7/21/2009 3:31 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
here is the first few
Posted on: 7/21/2009 3:10 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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LOOK what arrived today!!! Keecat II
Photos posted soon, very happy with it and the price is good
Posted on: 7/21/2009 2:51 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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RE: TWINSTAR
there are lots out there that are bigger, i like the two OS25s so I guess I will just buy another twinstar from Tower, who else sells the Twinstar?
Posted on: 7/17/2009 5:21 PM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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kEECAT II
Well I just purchased one of these and will let you know what I think of it http://www.avia-richmodel.com/Product/KEECAT-II(In-Stock).html I did consider the original Keecat but there seemed to be so many issues with it
Posted on: 7/17/2009 2:37 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Extreme Speed Prop Planes"
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TWINSTAR
Anyone ever thought about modifying the body to make it more streamlined? nice plane but the body is very chunky, I am about to buy another one so I have a home for my two os .25 motors, dont know what else to buy?
Posted on: 7/17/2009 1:26 AM by Author "snappa" in the forum "Twin & Multi Engine RC Aircraft"
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