DH VAMPIRE

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8 years 3 months ago #7838 by JonTappin

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March sounds good!

You need to get yourself to Cashmoor with the Panther so you can have a go with it as well

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8 years 3 months ago - 8 years 3 months ago #7839 by flyingpete

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JonTappin wrote: March sounds good!

You need to get yourself to Cashmoor with the Panther so you can have a go with it as well

Jon,
I cant wait to fly the panther and pester you for some stick time

As soon as i can get this bloody house move under my belt i can focus on being a full time jet jock, but at least in the mean time the vampire is keeping me sane !!

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8 years 3 months ago #7854 by DavidTappin

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Pete gave me a prod when he said

Meeting you dad on friday to sort out the last few bit's and Bob's on the vampire .Hopefully if your dad get's his finger out we will have a maiden in march

True to his word he turned up and here are some snaps of progress.

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8 years 3 months ago #7855 by DavidTappin

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And a few more:

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As you can see it's looking good but still lots to do, the main job for me being to produce a tank for at least 3 litres of fuel positioned not too far from the C of G and work out how much noseweight it's going to need and, with the Vampire having a very short nose, if there will be room for it. Thanks to Pete's great building and adaptation of the plans it weighs about 8.5 kg without the undercarriage and radio gear but with such a large wing area it should be a floater.

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8 years 3 months ago #7856 by Dave Rogers

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Just Wow!

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8 years 3 months ago - 8 years 3 months ago #7860 by DaveBright

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Looks fantastic....gorgeous lines (the plane Pete). David, have you seen this awesome little box of tricks for intricate CG balancing/planning?
www.xicoy.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=365

As for fuel tank, is there any merit to seeing if a Derjet tank set would fit? They seem to provide installation space too.
Which UAT are you going for?