Jet pilots

Hi all, well I'm back, blogging again, twice in one week, a new record I hear you say, well I just had to show you all the two brave young pilots ( Wolfman and Gil) who will be sitting in the cockpit of the hawk, when ever the wheels leave the runway on her maiden flight. I have been looking for two 1/6 scale pilots for months on the web and also while on my recent visit to Florida, yes I could have got them over the web and one in a local model shop, however at a price of £65 each and over the web from another country, once you pay for the p&p, import tax, vat etc, it works out not much better. I searched the web the other night in the U.K and HELLO!! on page seven of google, found a company called the 'Modellers Loft', with a fantastic range of model figures and as luck would have it, they stocked a range of 1/6 pilots from Dragon models, perfect in every detail. A quick call the next day and a very helpful member of the modellers loft staff had the two figures wrapped and posted and at a price of £60 for both +p&p, great service and a very quick delivery thankyou modellers loft I will be calling again with you, check out their wedsite http://www.modellersloft.co.uk/.

I have also been working on the wings this week with installation of the servos, cutting out the servo covers, made heavy wire cables and installed the control rods, still along to go, but a couple of hours more should finish the wings. well thats it for now, talk to you later.

Jet wings

Hi all, sorry for the lack of updates to the blogg, the last post was from the USA, since then it has been busy,busy,busy at work, however, now things are back to normal, so hopefully I can get back to building the Hawk. While over in florida, I went to a few model shops in the Orlando area. The best model outlet with the largest stock was Florida Central Hobbies, just 10 min from international Drive on Kirkman Drive. The shop is packed with items for planes, boats and cars, with prices well below what we pay in the U.K. however for the real bargains, buy the local products i.e. Great planes, Robart Air and other U.S. products, for example, I was looking for a new Li Po charger from Great Planes, price here £120, I picked it up for £45, also I needed quick release connectors from Robart Air for the wings of the Hawk, price here £10 for a pack of two, I got these for £2.50, it pays to look for the bargains. Bob and sharon run the shop, very helpful and nice to talk to, so if you are in the area on your next holiday to Orlando, call in and grab a bargain.
So what about the jet?, well I started on the wings, by adding the control horns, simple job, next I added the wing servos JR 3301, a slim servo is required due to the limited space at the wing tips. For the flaps ,I used a standard JR digi servo, a 5.5kg model, should be o.k. One thing I did notice, is that the servos mounts in the wings, with the servos in place, do not line up with the control horns, now I know I can bend the control rods to over come this problem, but later I will be adding the underwing control rod covers, which must run at a slight angle to the wing surface, well they will not fit, I will have to check with the 'jet man' Mr Robb to see what can be done to over come this. Well thats it for now happy landings.