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The Best Scale jet performance trophy
was awarded to Dustin Buescher for his many flights with the BVM
F-16. The ThunderBird scheme shows well against the North Carolina
skies. All landings were dead on centerline. |
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| Len McIntosh from Freeport, NY enjoyed
multiple sorties with his BobCat. |
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This fleet of BVM EJets belongs to Harold
Little from Marshville NC. He flew all of them multiple times
- not a scratch even in the sometimes challenging crosswinds. |
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Harold's EVF 10S powered Electra in the
Red/White/Silver scheme (#8) is one of our favorites too. |
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David McQueeney was the first to order an Ultra
Bandit in the ThunderBird scheme. Its successful first flights
were accomplished at Wilson. All control surfaces trimmed
neutral as is S.O.P. for this BVM Flagship. |
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Ernie Duarte from Tallahassee, FL adopted a Mark
I wing to this early Bandit. After adjusting the C.G. a bit,
he logged many flights on it at the event. Ernie is really
enjoying this sport because of his success with BVM Jets and
assistance he has received in getting started. Harley Condra
was instrumental. |
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eBandits were proving that they can hang with the
turbine powered version in the skies over Wilson NC. Mike
Pasco added a centerline tank and pylon to his EVF 12S powered model
and commented about the positive affect on knife edge flight.
Mike and I had the opportunity to fly the eBandit's together.
Formation flying jet model airplanes is an extreme challenge but
also extremely gratifying. * Wish Mike and I had more
opportunities to practice. |
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Joe Rafalowski helped Andy Finizio warm-up this
gorgeous BVM F-100F model. The new red wing tanks really add
to its presence in the NC skies. |
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Andy also likes to fly his Navy HiViz BVM Bandit
MKI on KingTec K-100G power. |
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parking ramp was just in front of the BVM tent. Dustin and
Peter flew these most impressive Skymaster pointy nose jets several
times each. They have them working perfectly. See
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| Greg Wright is really
making the jet event rounds this year. 'Seen again at First in
Flight with his BVM 84" Golden Hawks Sabre and his most recent
F-100D. That's "Sizzlin Susie" for nose art on this Vietnam
era "Hun". Superb detail and craftsmanship. Both models are
JetCat powered. |
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| The husband and wife team Mike and Cheryl
Lesher traveled from Lebanon, PA to campaign this Skymaster F-104
and A-10 shown here. The F-4 presents well and handles
crosswinds extremely well. |
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| We think that this is a
one-of-a-kind Navy "Red Hawk" scheme on Chris Woycke's Skymaster
1:4.5 Hawk. |
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Scott Harris and Chris flew these Hawks in a
really nice formation presentation. These medium speed, super
stable Hawks are a good subject for that kind of flying. |
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| Rusty Bardin from the Atlanta group exercised
this BobCat multiple times enjoying his First-In-Flight 2014
experience. |
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| So far, this Electra X is
a "One-Off" sample of a very high performance E-Jet. It can
chase down, scoot by, and out climb most of the turbine powered jets
seen at Wilson. It's power system is a BVM EVF ~3~ 12S "9er"
with ThunderPower 70C 7700mAh batteries. |
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Scott Harris had support from his mom Mary
while preparing this now famous BVM Sabre. It has many top
scale awards to its credit. |
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A-10 size comparison of the JetCat powered A-10 flown by Kwang Ko from
Hobby Hanger in Chantilly, Va. and the 89" all electric A-10 flown
by Bob Violett. |
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Mike Lesher gets encouragement from wife Cheryl
and Joe Rafalowski while he prepares to fire-up his Skymaster A-10. |
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Peter Goldsmith was very busy
at "First In Flight" with these beautiful examples of Skymaster
Jets. |
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| The Skymaster 1:4-3/4 Hawks are great flying
jets that go together well with the
BVM
Success Packs
and require little maintenance. That's why Charlie Lasley from
Walnut Cove, N.C. is so happy with his and he flies it well. |
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Ali Machinchy just installed the "9er"
upgrade for his EVF 12S powered MiG-15, BV is observing the
performance and new quieter sound. |
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| Fresh from Top Gun 2014, BV's all electric
F-80 Shooting Star with the new Jet-Metal enhanced panels was flown
only during the Saturday "Military Scale Hour". Scale competition
models deserve a little extra protection from possible mid-air or
ground accidents. |
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| Note: We always miss some
good photo ops at these major events because the photographers are
also busy flying. If you can help us in this regard, we would
like to share with our viewers. This applies to all jet events. |
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