I shook the man's hand, at the Abbotsford Airshow. He signed his book for me : To Roger, from one Black Sheep to Another!!, Pappy B". Still have it.

@@kh40yr I saw him at an airshow at Livermore CA, but didn't get to meet him. Too many people in line to shake his hand. Such a rare thing for my generation.

@2101Striper Dad was a Private Pilot for 50 years. We went to every big airshow in the states at least a couple of those years. Was able to Shake Pappys hand as well as Chuck Yeager's I'n those years. Dad had Pappy sign one of his Autobiography books. "To Roger, from one Black Sheep to another, Pappy B". Dad has passed on, I still have the book. Chuck Yeager passed away on my birthday, Dec 7th, Pearl Harbor Day. How ironic is that?.

@@FastRedDragon1984 I has something to do with turbulent air between the split fins. Hitting a resonance at a certain velocity perhaps

Sorry for the late reply, I just saw your post. Absolutely you can put a DLE 35RA in the 79 inch wingspan Phoenix corsair. That’s what I did. You want to make sure that the factory glue joints related to the wing structure are solid. Sometimes the sheeting joints are poor and crack, which makes the wing very weak across the section where the landing gear cut out is. I fixed a few cracks since owning my Phoenix 20 cc corsair, and they have not come back. The landing gear has been pretty solid. I’m guilty of pounding in once or twice, and I did at one point break the reinforced plastic ankle where the wheel axle is attached. I have never ripped the gear out of this plane, and I’m impressed with how solid that has been. Again, it’s important to double check the main structure, glue joints, sometimes the fabricators do a poor job and that could cost you an airplane.

@@SanDiegoUteFan I’m not the original owner who gave it the facelift. However I have since made some repairs including Callie Graphics. She has the files. I like the new H9 20cc Cal Fire OV-10 available at Tower Hobbies/Horizon.

@@2101Striper I’m sure you do! Do you have $1,500 laying around?

@@ChasingGrounders_ These were close in! Roughly 8-12 miles off Davenport (just north of Santa Cruz, CA.

Our salmon season has been closed for a couple of years, kinda bummed. Hope for a season this spring. Need to fix some things on the boat and replace the trailer breaks. Pita!

The files are available here: 3dlabprint.com/shop/j35_draken/. The design is by Michael Hammer. He has other EDF designs including an awesome F-104 Starfighter. I use my simple Creality Ender 3D Pro with a 0.4 mm nozzel, and LW PLA (foaming) at about 250C to get maximum expansion / lightest density. It's a 4S setup, HobbyWing FlyFun 40A ESC and an FMS 4S 2627 4500kv 11 blade 50mm EDF.

Thank you!

Thank you! I look forward to seeing your current project take flight. kevinkal.

Great advice! The video clearly shows that it doesn´t work🙄

@@michaelghammer It will work 9 out of 10 times the 10th time. The thing will smash into the ground. But have fun.

@@Royshanger And hand launching edf jets will work 10 out 10 times? You´re probably right. I´ve never seen anyone crash a hand launched model...

@michaelghammer Hey, man. I'm just saying that you do it your way. I will do it mine.... if you underhand toss your little jets. They will take off just fine. Imagine you are throwing a softball pitch with a little oomph!

@@michaelghammer My point is that if that contraption that you have and not everyone will have as good a one as you do, it will stick to the launch mechanism and it will fail, and when it does the end result is catastrophic.

Yes would be nice to see how it was built/ printed.

lol. painted right on the lw pla using acrillic. I did use some Decal Fix to help with decal adhesion. They are water slide decals printed on my inkjet.

You're awesome, thank you!

Thanks Kurtist!?

Thank you for the excellent design! You are awesome!😃👍

19x8 is a bit underpropped, but sounds awesome. I find that the Xoar18x10 or a Xoar WWII 19x10 work excellent.

For the price it was worth it. Quality wasn't bad, but there were certain things that required attention. The wing fit was very tight.

@2101Striper hi thanks for replying do you still have the plane? Apart from wings bein hard to fit, how did you find mounting the 35ra?

40 twin a bit faster.

What prop in the 40 ??

Good question! The Phoenix 20cc Corsair which had a DLE 40cc twin was certainly the fastest, but the pilot flew wide patterns. It sure sounds sweet!

The spinner/hub is from ZY Hobby. ww.zyhobby.com/products/175inch-445mm-two-blades-scale-drilled-aluminum-spinner-for-dle30-55-eme55-mld35-us-stock

Take a look at the DA-35 dimensions and weight with muffler. Compare to the DLE 35RA. I suspect the numbers will be very close. If so, I'd say yes you can. Just keep and eye on the wing structure for cracks forming... and fix them.

Hi, does the dle 30 fit well in the hood? Is the exhaust hidden or do you have to cut the hood a lot? Thamkio

I followed the Phoenix instructions including using their balance “hanger”. It’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure I balanced with the gear Up.

@@2101Striper thank you, this might be their version too of the plane it has carbon fiber all over the place and the wheel Pockets inside the senasection so they say to balance upside down I will do it with the wheels up

It’s great in the ocean, but heavy to tow around and pay for gas. Best economy will be about 3 mi/gal on a smooth ocean, and less on sloppy conditions.