Recent content by grchud

Alex, Thanks for the forecast! Will be watching this site for future information on the Thud's progress. Gary

Alex, Excellent article in JET International magazine! However, I have a comment about the figure of sorties flown by the Thud in Vietnam. The 70% (20,000) figure may represent the most sorties flown in the North, but does not correctly represent the most sorties flown in Vietnam. The F-100...

Regarding the F-16XL and F-107A, you might be correct and probably greater interest in the Delta Dart. Nice looking fighter, but as an interceptor, it carried nothing unusual externally. I only recall one kit of the F-106 by Daryl Usher, back in the nineties, but I don't think he sold many. My...

This is a great website and I'm enjoying the detailed information you are providing with regards to the F-!05 project. I don't know if my other message made it through, but I like the interesting project you are taking on. The Convair Sea Dart and Hustler are great choices along with the...

Alex, I hope you don't think i'm challenging your approach....I hope you are able to keep it light as that makes a big difference in engine size, which means COST! My thinking is geared more towards the items of which there is not much latitude in weight savings. My experience has been; for...

Alex, I like the size, but I honestly don't see how you can keep a 130" model at, or under 40 lbs (I like to use English dimensions). I appreciate the possibility that you can keep the composite part of the construction as light as possible, but you have to deal with the increase weight, due to...

The main landing gear configuration is very interesting in that the strut has to rotate as it is retracting. Otherwise, the wheel would not fit flat in the well. This is because the strut is angled forward. The thin wing dictates that the wheel be flat! A friend flew the Thud and prefabricated...

Never really knew how many kits B1Bob made. When I talked to him in the early stages, he told me he intended to make ten and that he had commitments for eight. However, they were too pricey for me and he was having problems with gear retraction. I thought Ali actually flew one of the models at...

I think B1Bob made ten copies, or at least initially advertised that number! He had problems with his retractable landing gear also.

If I recall correctly, the B models saw little or no combat. They had so many problems and so far behind on TCTO's (time compliance tech orders), that the few produced were turned over to the Air Guard. Further, the cockpit instrumentation was the older round type gauges. The early production...

Interesting perspective regarding your use of special materials for the large model airframes. Just curious, but are your plans for the listed model aircraft a "one of a kind venture", or are you planning on fabricating these in numbers to sell as kits? If for kits, when do you forcast an...

Assuming you are considering an F-105D, the most produced version, scale length at 1/6th would be almost !30". I doubt a 140N/32 lb thrust engine would come anywhere near that needed to power that large and heavy an airframe through a normal flight regime. I'd speculate the 220N/50 lbs would be...

The F-16XL, 1/6 th or 1/7 th scale would make a great model.

Suggest the model be no smaller than 1/7 th scale. Also, the landing gear retract system duplicates of the proto aircraft.