Barry Raborn’s Phantasy-in-Blue F-84 streaks through the sky (above left). This Top Gun contender just looks right, sounds right and smells right for a classic jet. Republic Aviation’s heavy metal jets sit side by side (above right). These two, modeled after the full scale aircraft, served the US for almost 40 years. Roger Kirchner’s Jackknife (below left) just past the mid-point of a horizon-to-horizon slow roll. Big, fast and precise this airplane just gets better as it matures. Barry Raborn’s Formula 1 auto-racing-inspired color scheme for his
Tomahawk Models Futura makes this “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” airframe desirable! Needing only a 120 sized turbine for motivation, this model (below center) has developed a loyal following (and an equally vocal dislike) for its looks, but its flight characteristics are uniformly praised. Freddie Jones shows us how to land a TBM Shockjet (below right). A superb model as an “introduction to turbines” type airplane, it is more than “just a trainer”. It is also just a fantastic, relaxed, “let’s have some fun” everyday flier.
flew the covering off of his ShockJet, which is an airplane that flies well with anything from a 13- to 18-pound thrust engine. Moving down in size was my 68-inch Mod-
ellbau F-86D. While definitely a sport-scale airplane, the model just tracks and flies like an F-86 should. Originally designed for a 13- pound thrust P60, it also flies well on en- gines up to the KingTech K80 at 19 pounds
of thrust. Given the number of engines in that thrust range that reside in folks’ stor- age areas, the distinctive and somewhat dif- ferent look of the radome, and the nicely priced plane/packages, I expect that we will see many more of these flying next year. Also nice are the all-US made SpringAir gear and struts as well as the fuel tanks. Finally, at the smallest size was the Star-
max F-14 of Dave Schaefer. Its performance was superb, but only because he had re- worked all of it; however, if you want to mod- ify things, it looks amazing in the air and performs the same! Okay, enough rambling. Enjoy the photos
and think about what you want to build over the next few months and remember: Trust in thrust!
PHOTOS: CHARLES SCARBOROUGH
Greg’s Modellbau-USA F-86 Sabredog gets airborne in a hurry (above left), and miraculously picked up drop tanks in mid-air (above center)! While designed around a JetCat P60 engine, it has been fitted out with, and flown on engines as big as the KingTech K80. Not too small, yet not too big, this 68-inch airplane looks great, and is easy to see in the air while maintaining almost “trainer-like” ease of flight, but when given the throttle performs like the high
performance fighter it was modeled after. Dave Schaefer’s re-worked and upgraded Starmax F-14 (above right) not only looks great, but also performs the same. Two Cyclon 2500 Kv motors driving 70mm fans and controlled with Turnigy 70-amps ESCs provide lots of zip. Neat, different and compact, this little speedster turned a lot of heads. Here the F-14 Tomcat comes in low for a perfect photo pass, or maybe to buzz the tower!
2011 Upcoming Events
4th Annual Mid Georgia Jet Rally Sin City Jets
Pensacola Jets 2011 Mako’s Jet Club
1st Annual Markham Park Jet Rally Arizona Jet Rally
FLYING MODELS
Oct. 28–29 Nov. 3–5
Nov. 11–13 Nov. 21–13 Nov. 18–20 Nov. 18–20
Located at Hodges Hobbies, Andersonville, GA Las Vegas, NV.
Holley Field (Naval training), Navarre, FL Miami, FL Sunrise, FL
Superstition Airpark; Mesa AZ
www.hodgeshobbies.com www.sincityjets.com
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