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er performance in combination with excel- lent design, but with a financial cost. The Chinese fans are probably “more than adequate” for general use, provided you read through the page-upon-page of info in the web-forums, and can save you some money. However dealing with the companies is next to impossible, and you need to figure out the correct electronics package. For most of us, cost and economy of oper-
ation are good things! WeMoTec fans are available from Jet Hangar Hobbies www.
jethangar.com, HET fans are available at the Electric Jet Factory
www.ejf.com, Jet- Fan, Stumax, when they are available, from
usarcjets.com and Schubeler fans from Per- formance-edf
www.performance-edf.biz, all here in the US, as are other dealers. Okay, that’s a lot of verbiage, but what do
the JetFan and Schubeler fans look like? If you look closely at the first photo, you
will see a huge amount of carbon fiber, and that all the fans have a large number of blades. The Schubeler fans have 12 blades, while the JetFan units have nine. Please note the degree of sweep as well as curva- ture in the impellers. Another neat feature of the HST series fans (along with their in- tegral motor—the metal center-body/tail- cone is the case of the motor) are these fair- ings with bullet connectors for your ESC. The wires from the motor come out the cen- ter of three different stators to these fair- ings … can you say smooth airflow? If I needed a fan unit, I would be looking
very hard at the JetFan units. I’m not easi- ly impressed, but the attention that Rainer is giving to the forums, enabling curious, and user alike to stay abreast of changes, and the sheer positive energy from the fo- rum, and the users, is refreshing.
PHOTOS: GUS GRISSOM
Gus Grissom’s KingTech powered Modellbau SabreDog(L) came out to the field to rub noses with Greg’s. Air Guard color schemes in the 1950s and 60s could be quite colorful, and this model lends itself to them nicely.
Moving on Andy Zaner’s T-38 is getting close to tak-
ing flight. It is amazing how much markings really make a model standout. With twin Stumax fans, this should not only look “scale” but have a nice sound as well! While I am still on electrifying topics ...
err models, Ken Park shared several photos on problem solving his nose-gear steering servo placement. Since the forward plate of his HET L-39 is slotted, a quick set of pop- sicle stick spacers, on the “other” side, stiff- ened up the plate and allowed his nose gear steering servo to sit flush with the bottom of the plate and have a very short, and straight run with the steering cables, all while being out of the way of the strut. Sooo … if you are fighting to get geometry and clearance on a steering servo, keep this in mind! As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I got together with Mike Warren to talk Hunters as well as edf stuff. Mike has an almost com- pleted RipMax Hunter, which is built for this English company by Fei Bao Jets, and
is drop-dead gorgeous. The glasswork on this eight-foot long model seems to be ap- propriately thick with a nicely done matte paint job. The gear doors are hinged and off- set so that the three panels on the main’s can slide past each other … oh yeah, that was done at the factory! With a Wren 120 pushing her, the performance should be bet- ter than scale. So if you think, like ye-olde- editor, that the Hunter is the “most beauti- ful jet ever made”, give it a look! Finally, I’ll close with a family photo tak-
en at the field last Sunday afternoon. Gus Grissom, a retired naval aviator, decided he wanted a jet warbird, which was in a prac- tical size. So, after listening to my praises, he decided to purchase a Modellbau F-86D. Since he is from Kansas, another Air Guard scheme was born. Powered by a KingTech K- 80, his does not lack for power! Now we just need to get the third guy in our club’s Sabre- Dog done so it can join the pack! Well, I’m out of space, so until next time:
keep busy with the building projects, fly safe, and trust in thrust!
South Albany Airport, S. Albany, NY Wingham, Ontario, Canada
Donegal Springs Airpark, Marietta, PA
Upcoming Events Brooklyn, New York
Winamac, IN
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PHOTO: ANDY ZANER
All dressed up and just waiting for a canopy, Andy Zaner’s 144-inch long T-38 (above left) sure looks like its full-scale counterpart. Twin Stumax fans for push should propel it nicely. Mike Warren’s RipMax (manufactured for them by Fei Bao Jets) Hawker Hunter (above right) undergoing final installs. Four bolts
FLYING MODELS
PHOTO: MIKE WARREN
secure the two-piece fuselage, so if you wanted to, you could disassemble this eight-foot long model for transport. Highly prefabricated with the landing gear and doors already installed, the construction feels “about right” and should be a perfect match for his Wren 120.
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