F9f grumman panther

Some pics of the panther.some will notice that I have split the top hatch into two parts,the main reason for doing this is that on most scale jets the top hatch is very long so it's east to get to all the bits and bobs but at 36" long it would mean having many external fixings which I didn't want.My hatch uses only one 3mm fixing on the front end and I have incorporated secret fixings on the inside to take care of the mid section

Great stuff Pete. Looks really good. Have you decided on a scheme yet?

David
What do you pour over your plans/ Is it something to stop glue destroying it?
One pedant to another.

Stuart

Thanks Stuart, I asked for that didn't I?

As I wrote it I had doubts about the spelling - should it be pour, pore, paw or poor? But I was too lazy to check it.

Anne informs me that it should have been pore and, sure enough she is right;
deifnition of pore
verb [ intrans. ] ( pore over/through)
be absorbed in the reading or study of :

Obviously Stuart is just the man to replace me as chief pedant and will, from this day forward be appointed to sub-edit all the stuff we collectively write on this forum, a badly needed service as the spelling, grammar and syntax checker of this application is woefully inadequate.

Looking really good Pete, I can see you getting the Panther in the air before the Vampire gets it's first flight.

But I do think you should take a little time off from working on it and mow that grass!

Looks really good Pete, can't believe it has taken you less time to build that, than it's taken me to collect a ready built model from you :lol:

Once again I'm speechless. A fine job, speed building at its best. I have an artf viper jet that I hoped to get flying for jet day 2 years ago but didn't quite make it. Then I thought no worries, ill definitely have it ready for last year but I didn't quite make it. No worries I thought it will be ready for this year without question. You can guess the rest.

Ok, I've done my detective work and reckon that's a PST J800R turbine you have got there. Loads of power in a fairly small can - should be just the job.
If all is well then you will find turbines a lot less hassle than petrol engines. Easy to start, no vibrations, cheap fuel (albeit mine guzzles it), no nasty sharp propellers to backfire and take your fingers off, really quiet in the air, low maintenance, don't puff up or short-circuit, and a wonderful scale sound-track
If you can get kero-start option then I would go for it purely for simplicity and ease of starting.
Welcome to jet-world.

John you are spot on in your detective work
Iv done a fair bit of research on the American forums regarding the panther and 90% of them have gone with an 80 size turbine. The flight reports are all very positive so hopefully I will be able to gell with it very quickly. I have made some changes to the airframe construction to help with the higher flying loads as it was originally designed for os91 ducted fan. The mods I have made are adding vertical sheer webs on every rib, extended the wing tubes to pass through 3 ribs instead of 2 and run spruce strip on each side of the wing socket with an epoxy fillet.Reinforcement around the retract mounts and used heavy duty robarts instead of pin hinges.The airframe will be covered in 25g glass cloth with 2 coats of z epoxy.
Dave as for the scheme I will probably go for the blue and yellow of the us navy blue angels display team.As for radio I will use a 9 ch Powersafe with 2 no 4500 life bats, 2s 3700 lipo for the turbine and 2s 2100 lipo for retracts and high torque digital on the surfaces except for the flaps which will have high torque non digital. Iv decided to go this route as the flaps are massive on the panther and was concerned with the current draw if I used digital, when the flaps are fully deployed at 60 degrees.

Hmmmm lots of wires and pipes