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Saab JA37 Viggen
Eurojet Circus jetmeet France 1996; Trophy for best scale.
My First jet engine powered model in 1995!
Scale: 1/10
Length: 164cm
Span: 106cm
Mass: 6.1kg empty
Mass Take-off: 7.6kg
Fuel: Jet-A1, 1,5 liter PET tank.
Engine: Homebuilt KJ66 turbine engine, 8kg thrust.
Landinggear: Own design and hombuilt tanden wheel, brakes and pneumatic retracts.
Fuselage: Glass fiber reinforced, eps wings construction.
Max. speed: 300 km/u
This is my very first jet model powered by my first homemade jetengine, very exitening period as everything had to be designed / engineered and built as there where ample parts available at that time. Lot's of trial ánd error but also lot's of fun during these times.
The rc model "jet-age" was just starting with very little parts available, most had to be homemade. Very nice to be part of the prototyping and experimenting at that time.
Some pictures during designing and building process of the jet engine, click to enlarge;
Unfortunately no pictures of the actual model building process as they where lost in time.
With this model I also flew my very first international scale competition, the 1998 World Scale Championchip of South Africa.
