oddmanrockets
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built me an estes jetliner just for some fun. the black star voyager takes a long time waiting for stuff to dry so i saw this little thing and ordered it.its an easy couple hour build even with the mods. I did to it.View attachment 120596no build pics for you guys it didnt take that long and I was to lazy to get up and get my camera.1st mod was an 18mm motor mount not the 13 mm one,its paper so that was an easy cut with the x-actoView attachment 1205972cd thing was useing all epoxy for the build,3rd was soaking the wings and fins with thin CA to strengthen the balsa,came with 1 square of clay to balance with but since I upgraded motor I added 2 more to balance,couple primer coats and gloss white when it was ready. added the decals and then off to the desert the next day to fly.1st flight B-6-4 straight as an arrow to about 200 ft but the chute never opened because it didnt weight enough to open it,so out comes the streamer material and i put 4- 5ft steamers on it.another perfect flight to about 350 ft and recovered.a little repair job and she will be ready for another round of flights this weekend coming up.Ill try to get flight photos this time coming up because we were flying with the big boys last weekend.everybody was amazed on how well this little thing flew with all those wings on it
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