HotShots - BobCat Composite

From: Boli
To: Bob Violett
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:27 PM
Subject: Markham Park Christmas Fun Fly pics...

Hi Bob,

I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years. I was sent some pics a few days ago taken at Markham Park last month at the Christmas Fun Fly. Anne (my wife) and the baby (Marley) came down to watch and hang out. Marley just loves watching the jets fly, so maybe one day soon I will be ordering a pink BobCat. Take care and see you at Florida Jets...

Boli Muentes

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From: Mario Eduardo Martínez Delgado
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 7:14 PM
To: BVM JETS; Dustin BVM; modelers@bvmjets.com
Subject: BobCat Photos

Hi Patty,

I did the Maiden Flight with my Bobcat in the first "Texcoco Jets" Jet Event in Mexico City at the weekend, I use the Jet Central Rabbit an it is really nice engine for the Bobcat just the best combo......BR

From: Roger Perrett
To: Patty Generali
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:43 PM

Hi Patty,

Attached is a photo of 3 Bob Cats and my Bandit, taken at our New Zealand Jet meet in Tokoroa 2 weeks ago. And yes, that is David Gladwin on the right, still flying his Bobcat which like my Bandit is easy to travel with. He sends regards to you guys. And I saw Jason's Kingcat on Sunday. Looks very nice and he is doing a great job of the assembly. (But, for me at least, I still prefer the product that you make in Florida.)

Kind Regards from Roger Perrett (and Alli)

From: Bruno Borges
To: Patty
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:03 PM
Subject: Maiden Flight Bobcat - Brazil

Hello Patty,

Below photo of my friend and flight instructor Celso Desanti and I, with my first BVM Bobcat.
I want to say I am very happy and passionate, by this airplane and thank you all who made the design of this airplane is so good.
Show for Mr. Bob and thank him for me.

Thanks
Bruno

From: Mario Martinez
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:49 PM
To: BVM
Subject: Pic

Hi Patty, Dustin and Heather,

I send a picture with my 2 Favorites models....my girlfriend and my Bobcat.

Mario Martinez

From: Peter Veerman
To: Patty
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 11:34 AM
Subject: happy bobcat owner

Hi Patty

I'm happy to report that I am now the happy owner of a BVM BOBCAT here in The Netherlands. After a three month build today was the maiden flight of the Bobcat. With the first flight dialing the bobcat in. The second flight it was flying on rails. What a shear joy to fly. Power is from a P80SE and servo's used was al jr servo's as per manual. It's the first BVM kit I have built and the manual is the best I have seen .

Regards
Peter Veerman

From:	Mario Martinez Delgado/MEX/Holcim
To:	patty
Date:	19/03/2010 10:17 a.m.

Hi Patty,

I flew my BobCat and I can say it is a really very nice jet with the P-70 I think it is just enough power, I use JR servos and 12X for guidance. It was a very nice experience building the model , I had great support from Polo Ruiz and many other friends came just to see the maiden and we had a very funny jet weekend in Mexico City.
Greetings From Xalapa,Veracruz....Mexico

From: Ron Engstrom
To: Patty
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 11:32 PM
Subject: Fwd: bobcat pics

Patty, Bob and Crew,

Finally got to maiden my Bobcat Composite with the help of Steve Unze and Dan Avilla...Also was able to welcome Gerardo Diaz and his kids to California..Flies like a dream..Thanks for everything..

Ron Engstrom

Richard Curry now has a Bandit and this BobCat flying on JetCat P-80SE engine and says that he is very pleased with both.

From: Achilles Filho
To: Patty
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 5:26 PM

Dear Patty.

I flew the BobCat and I can say that is the best jet I ever flown.

Perfect. Thanks for your excellent service.

Regards.

Achilles.

From: Jamie Cuff
To: Heather
Subject: Bobcat photos
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009

Hello Heather,
I thought I would send you a few photos taken by Steve Woods of my Bobcat composite for your gallery . . . . . as I am so happy with it!! It is pushed along quite nicely with a Jetcat P70/kerostart which I think compliments this model very well, it has JR DSX9 for guidance via all JR digital servos and is equipped with Dreamworks trailing link main legs, the kit was bought from Al's Hobbies Jet centre. It has now had 27 flights since the maiden flight on April 23 at the Predannack Naval air station and it has proved to be a versatile sport jet as I have been flying it from grass club strips which have not been particularly 'jet friendly' which it has handled with ease and also tarmac runways, it looks great at speed and low down screaming up the runway! clocked up another 5 flights with it at the Classic jets meeting held at Abingdon on June 26, it was flying with many other Bobcats present and is a popular model for good reason!

Another great BVM sport jet

Regards
Jamie Cuff

From: Patrick Martin
Date: May 18, 2009 7:48:28 PM EDT
To: Dustin
Subject: Alaska Bobcat

Hi. Dustin
I have 20 flights on my new BVM turbine Bobcat and am so grateful to have had a chance to build and fly this sweat bird. I could not ask for a better turbine aircraft as my first jet, it was absolutely the best experience in building and flying. Thanks to all the BVM team for doing a great job.

Pat Martin

From: Lasse Palm
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:09 PM
To: Modelers
Subject: Bobcat Photos

Hello Heather!

Attached is a photo of me with my Bob Cat ARF the BC is an superb flier and only required 3 clicks of trim during the test flight, has also put my CG 20 mm behind the drilled holes. My Bob Cat is equipped with Jet Cat P-70 for power with the Futaba 14MZ-2,4GHz transmitter and Futaba R6014FS receiver. Servos are a mix of JR and Futaba. Batteries consists of two LiPo Desire power (2200 mah) to the new DPSI/RV switch. I have also decorated my BC with Pro-Marks Sport jet kit and Navlights from modellbaue.de

Regards
Lasse Palm
LP-Agentur Sweden

From: Carroll, Matt
To: Patty
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:01 PM
Subject: Thanks

Hello everyone,
I have been remiss in not writing you earlier about my new BVM BobCat ARF. I must say I am really enjoying the plane. It was very easy to build, rig and test fly. Once again you have proven that your engineering capability is superb. By “engineering capability”, I am not just referring to product design and validation, but I am also referring to component sourcing, quality control and (especially) user documentation. The user documentation (plans, manuals, etc) and the beautiful packaging really add to that great “out of the box” experience I enjoy when I open a BVM product. It really helps confirm that I made a wise buying decision. It is also a great plane for a busy person as I can toss it in the car and when I get to the field I am airborne in about 10-15 minutes. That means a lot to someone short on time (2 kids!). Here are some flight pictures (courtesy “Smokin” Joe McBride). I am just starting to experiment with smoke (I use a JetCat smoke pump and BVM external smoke tank) but so far I am having fun.

Thanks again and I hope to see you all soon!

Regards,
Matt Carroll

From: Al's Hobbies Jet Centre
To: Bob
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:48 PM

Hi Bob, Just thought I would shoot you a mail of my new Bobcat ARF. This is my 4th Bobcat in a row, and flies just as well as the three before it.

The photo was taken at the recent Jets over Dubai where I picked up a Sport Jet award. The Bobcat is perfect for me as I can pack it into a small box and take it as airline luggage. Unpack it and put on a impressive display with a simple, reliable model that always gets plenty of attention wherever it shows.

Thanks again for another great product.

Regards Al

From: Mario Martinez

To: Patty

Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:49 AM

Subject: BobCat ARF Fly in Guadalajara

Hi Patty,

I just want to let you know how happy I am with my BobCat ARF. After 103 flights since June 2008, I´m having too much fun. I fly in Guadalajara , Jalisco Mexico .

Thank you,
Javier Ulloa

From: Steve Burnett
To: Patty
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:30 PM
Subject: Bobcat

Bob,

After 6 flights on my new Bobcat, I felt compelled to write a note to tell you how impressed I am. I can't think of any other jet that combines all the aspects of the Bobcat. Simple to set up, Fast and Aerobatic yet very stable and lands so slow. What a great design and the quality can't be touched. I also wanted to tell you what an outstanding job Dustin did. He went far beyond my expectations and I have to say what a great benefit he must be to your company. Looking forward to that new Bandit in the matching scheme.

Thanks,
Steve Burnett

Keith Seivers inspired this "Navy Trainer" scheme and ordered 3 identical Bobcats for himself and his fellow jet jockeys. Perhaps we will see an air show routine soon!

Steve's Phantom is shown in perfect form for landing.

From: Patrick Frost
To: Patty
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:25 PM
Subject: Composite Bobcat photos

Hey Guys,

I picked up a new Composite BobCat at Florida Jets earlier this year and finally have it completed. The BobCat was a blast to build and became a family project with my wife Susan and 3 year old daughter Isabella at my side each evening helping with sanding, attaching servos and paint/prep work, assembling bombs, etc. until our BobCat named "Little Izzy" was finished. We decided that a Desert Camo Scheme would help with visibility and it certainly does! It is fitted with a JetCat P-70 and top speed is nearly 190mph. We installed a centerline smoke tank for smoking up the skies and a BVM Bomb drop system. It also has many scale goodies such as Pro-Mark Graphics, a scale cockpit, pitot tubes, refueling probe, antennas and much more! It truly flies like a trainer even with the additional 'external' weight. We are having so much fun with it and get many compliments at every event we attend. I highly recommend this aircraft to anyone wishing to step into jets after mastering a fast prop plane.

Sincerely,

Patrick Frost

"Frosty"

From: Alistair Powers
To: BVM Technical Support
Subject: BVM Bobcat Composite Photographs
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008

To: Dustin and all at BVM

Just to say how pleased I am with my BVM Bobcat Composite, first class quality, the aircraft went together without any problems,and everything fitted as it should the manual provided all the information required. I purchased the model from Dave Wilshire at Motors & Rotors, and he has provided first class dealer support and help throughout. I have attached a selection of photographs of the model, please feel free to use them on your website.

Regards,

Alistair Powers
Newark, Nottinghamshire. United Kingdom

From: Darryl Tarr
To: Patty
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:57 PM
Subject: BVM Hot Shots

Hello Patty,
I am very pleased to inform you that we now have another very happy BVM supporter here in Dubai. Lee Cox has recently purchased a BobCat and is extremely pleased with the whole package. The BobCat was built by Leon Smith and flight tested by myself. Lee is using JR equipment throughout and a JetCat P-70 turbine. So far the model has had three flights and Lee is coping very well; we are currently using the P-Link training system with our JR PCM 10X radios. Congratulations to Lee.

Kind regards,
Darryl Tarr

Dustin Buescher, Barry West and Albert Mangual are all smiles after another successful afternoon at the local RCACF club field (Apopka, FL). Albert enlisted the building skills of Barry West and the flying assistance of Dustin Buescher to obtain his turbine waiver. Since then, he is out enjoying his BobCat almost every weekend.

Wojtek and Micah Iwanczyk of Old Bridge, NJ pose with dad's new custom painted Bobcat Composite. The model was painted by Chip of U Fly Hobbies in New Jersey and he spent some serious time airbrushing and detailing this BobCat.

Wojtek sent in the photos along with these comments - "We have no problem flying of off grass even when the field is rough like this … great plane! To me, it’s the best all around sport jet ever made! Strong! Durable, slow, fast, agile. …lands like a dream, what else could you ask for!"

BVM Jets around the world

Babar Sikandar of Pakistan sent us these photos of his NAVY BobCat in action. As you can tell by the first photo, the bird almost got it!
The BobCat Composite handles the packed dirt runway without issue.

Nir Schweizer of Maryland is enjoying his BobCat composite that he purchased through local BVM dealer G.P. Aircraft in Crofton, MD. As you can tell by the photo, Nir is definitely logging some flight time on his new BVM jet.

This very attractive and effective paint schemed BobCat belongs to Dawn Ellzey of Grand Prairie, Texas. Dawn logged 14 flights on the first outing with the BobCat Composite. BVM utilizes Dawn's travel agency for all of our traveling needs - www.midwaytravel.com. You can reach her at (800) 527-1630.

Paul Lott of Ridgeland, Mississippi sent in this photo of his P-120 powered BobCat Composite on a low fly-by. Paul says the more he flies the model, the more he enjoys it!