mongo

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what is "good weather"?

been way too long, here.

Viper1GJ

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LOL, "good weather" is when the stars align and there are no house projects, doctor appointments, honey doo's, grandkid events, buddies available etc, etc, oh and did I mention geriatric weather, above 50, and no wind. The days of warming my fingers with the car heater before flying are long gone!
Gary

crxmanpat

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I hope to be joining the XL family in the near future. Sent an email to Ralph today to put one on order for me. I plan to use a Swiwin 190 in it. Hopefully V2 has addressed all of the issues noted on V1.

Viper1GJ

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Great! Post photos of the V2 XL when you get it.
Gary

crxmanpat

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Will do. I hope that this scheme will be available, just to be different. Otherwise I'll get the camo version with the red/white/blue tail.

crxmanpat

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Oh, and looking at Mike's pics of that scheme, it appears V2 has an internally driven rudder now.

crxmanpat

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Mike informed me that the factory is now back to work after New Year break and are starting my build. I confirmed with him that the scheme I posted above is available, so I'm getting that. I'm also having them make the speed brakes functional. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to get here. If it arrives by May/June that would be fine as summer is build season for me for the most part (too hot and humid). This will give me time to do a thoroughly documented build.

Afterburners

Good luck getting it that fast. Unless you're paying$$ for air shipment, it's coming in on a ship via the west coast. Unless things get better, it will sit off the coast for months.I hope you get it fast. I've been waiting for a plane since ordering in August. I think it's been off the coast since mid November.

Bob_B

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Don’t pay attention to that after burner‘s guy he’s a glass half empty fellow. 😂

Afterburners

HALF!, We'll be lucky if we end up with half when this all comes crashing down! That might be too optimistic.

crxmanpat

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Yeah, May could be optimistic. It'll get here when it gets here. I'm hoping they'll have a container that needs to go out when mine is done. But yeah, then waiting on the boat to get across and then clear customs.

Bob_B

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True true but so very sad!

Piggy18

I really like that scheme!

Piggy18

I found this video with a short review on facebook floating around, looks to be nice flying jet from what I can see

crxmanpat

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I saw that on FB as well and posted that I had this on order from Global Jet Club. He replied that this is not the same jet, it's made by Air Knight, not Global Knight. Claims it's from different molds. Everything I saw seems to make it look like the same plane. Only difference I found was that this one has lights.

Viper1GJ

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Yes it is a great flying jet. I love the way mine flies. I was going to post this video when I saw it already on the thread. Its a nice flight.

The strange thing in the FB post is where this jet is said not a Global Knight product but from Air Knight. The post says it "uses different molds and has enhanced interior parts, maximized interior, better geometry of the control surfaces" and some other stuff. The video gave some great close up shots and I looked at it twice. The main difference from my V1 from the outside is the direct drive rudder servo. Otherwise the panel lines, rivets, hatches, doors, gear, and canopy look identical to include the upward pointed missile rails. The hard tape paint lines between the grey shades and the funny gold color on the nozzle are identical. So to me it looks like the same jet with some upgrades. Maybe it is a V2 under a different marketing name. Anyway I still love the jet, it flies great, and looks really cool and unique.

Best of luck with it!
Gary

crxmanpat

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So I was told my plane should be built and ready by April in time to make the April container. Oh happy day!

Bob_B

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The missile rails still have the wrong angle to them. What a cool jet!
Maybe FW will do a 90 mm version perfect for a x45 conversion

Agrav8ed

I am not a fan of the F16XL personally, but I have to give some serious props to whomever made this video.
Tone

Dansy

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Doing a small search…global them self says Global Knight F16XL

So they are the same…….🤷🏻‍♂️

Piggy18

Not sure I trust that, sounds like a bit of salesman talk man those guys sometimes cant lie straight in bed!

crxmanpat

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Well, Global Jet Club says it's a Global Knight F-16XL. But the guy on FB says his is an Air Knight F-16XL and they come from different molds. The only difference I could find was that the Air Knight has nav lights, whereas all the ones I've seen from Global Knight have no lights. However, Mike informed me yesterday that I can get nav lights added to my kit, so I told him to include them. Based on this, I'm going to say they are both the same.

Dansy

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In the end it doesn’t really matter…..it’s a cool jet…

crxmanpat

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Agreed, and I can't wait to get mine! I already have the SW 190 for it, and have some Assan AG63 Pro brake gyros on the way for this and a few other of my jets.

causeitflies

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...on-Pro-version