Today just received my two F-104 Star Fighters from Chuck. Thank you Chuck! You brought a big smile to my face One of the Star fighters is for my friend Mat so either he will be doing a build thread or I will? I carefully detached the boxes and removed each one of the parts and laid them out. This is definitely a very high quality kit. The 1/4" balsa is very nice and pre cut. With a smile I realize that there will be a "high" coming on from the smell of that old school dope. Immediately I checked my supply and I believe I have enough balsa and sanding sealer for this project.
The nose cone, airframe and motor mount tube are from LOC (thick walled) as well as the other tubes that came with the kit. There was a bag of miscellaneous stuff such as plywood center rings, launch lugs, wire and other small parts Recovery looks like two quality topflight chutes, without opening the chutes they look to be 24" and 30" and an elastic type shock cord. The instructions on this kit come in full color and look to be very detailed.
If Mat decides to do a build thread on this I'll supervise and take pictures, but it will also free up some time for me to do an accurate ROCKSIM file for this kit (Not sure if one is available?) and then I can pass along to the rest of you who ordered this kit from Chuck. It would be nice to get some flight data on it and weigh the final assembly.
The nose cone, airframe and motor mount tube are from LOC (thick walled) as well as the other tubes that came with the kit. There was a bag of miscellaneous stuff such as plywood center rings, launch lugs, wire and other small parts Recovery looks like two quality topflight chutes, without opening the chutes they look to be 24" and 30" and an elastic type shock cord. The instructions on this kit come in full color and look to be very detailed.
If Mat decides to do a build thread on this I'll supervise and take pictures, but it will also free up some time for me to do an accurate ROCKSIM file for this kit (Not sure if one is available?) and then I can pass along to the rest of you who ordered this kit from Chuck. It would be nice to get some flight data on it and weigh the final assembly.
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