Bob made about 5 kits, only his prototype ever flew, and that just barely.
Joe Grice bought three, threw out the landing gear, I sent him drawings from a dash 4 (Parts manual) I had, and he had Matrix make three sets that were more or less scale and much better than Bob's, which were pretty crude.
Several years ago Joe reworked one of the 105's quite a lot and got as far as putting some Flite Metal on it, but evidently never finished it as I have tried to contact him several times about it with no reply.
At Ky Jets 2014 I was in the tent next to Bob and he tried to sell the prototype to Ali. After hours of going over the plane trying to get the gear and controls working correctly, Ali gave up and told Bob to forget it.
I was supposed to get one, paid for it but never did, but that's another story.
The landing gear is the real issue, it's so long and has to support a lot of weight.
I've talked to several 105 pilots and the thing they remember most was the landing gear "walking" on takeoff and landing, they never experienced it on any other plane they flew.
The 105 is one of my favorite airplanes and am looking forward to the project, but obviously way out of my price range.
Jon
Joe Grice bought three, threw out the landing gear, I sent him drawings from a dash 4 (Parts manual) I had, and he had Matrix make three sets that were more or less scale and much better than Bob's, which were pretty crude.
Several years ago Joe reworked one of the 105's quite a lot and got as far as putting some Flite Metal on it, but evidently never finished it as I have tried to contact him several times about it with no reply.
At Ky Jets 2014 I was in the tent next to Bob and he tried to sell the prototype to Ali. After hours of going over the plane trying to get the gear and controls working correctly, Ali gave up and told Bob to forget it.
I was supposed to get one, paid for it but never did, but that's another story.
The landing gear is the real issue, it's so long and has to support a lot of weight.
I've talked to several 105 pilots and the thing they remember most was the landing gear "walking" on takeoff and landing, they never experienced it on any other plane they flew.
The 105 is one of my favorite airplanes and am looking forward to the project, but obviously way out of my price range.
Jon