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Built my RV-9......in ONE Day!!
In preparation for my RV12 kit coming next week, I thought I'd hone my building skills. So I went out and bought a RV9 kit and completed in in one day. I did, really. :p
![]() Okay, so it's a radio control RV-9. I've been looking for some wall art for my den and I happened to stop into my friendly hobby shop looking at the latest n-scale trains. Lo and behold, there's the RV9 kit, on sale no less. Regular price $179, on sale for $149, on sale for $99! Heck of a deal. ![]() I'm pretty sure the kit has been discussed on the forums before. It is an excellent kit, already finished, all I had to do was bolt it together. It took me about 4 hours. ![]() Here it is mounted. Cheaper than most pictures, etc I've been looking at and way more cool. BTW, the window it is above overlooks my hangar so the RV9 is right at home. |
nice wall art ! ... way to formal (and clean) an office ;)
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power?
I assume that $99 kit doesn't include powerplant or avionics;)
Looks great! |
Being non-aerobatic, might I suggest a more straight-and-level mounting? :D
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Greg, I think Randy's wall has artificial gravity to go with the orientation of the artificial sun.
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I did notice that the interior structure was not primed so that's a big negative. :rolleyes:
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RV-9 in one day... big deal, it was a QuickBuild kit! :p
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Taildraggers are MUCH quicker to build....
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Everyone who has completed an entire build knows that the panel and firewall fwd takes 90% of the build time...
So if you had actually fully completed your RV-9 it would have taken at least 9 more days:p |
Where did you find that kit for $99? That would be a good deal.
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I assume you left the radio equipment and engine out?
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Seems to be gone off the market
Hobbytown don't list it anymore and I couldn't find an alternative supplier. Shame - I waited too long.
RV4($99) and RV8 ($210) models are still there though. |
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I gotta get me one of them.
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Looks like they have sold out as well. :confused: |
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I just got one through a local Hobby Town USA! She said the computer shows there are about 6 of them still in inventory around the country.
Happy hunting, I bagged mine! |
Engine
I found your engine.
![]() ![]() Since it is about 10% scale, I assume you can buy an exhaust from Vetterman for about $100.00. |
To avoid having a "hangar-queen", (or maybe I schould say: "wall-queen"... hehe...) I suggest you fly her with regular intervalls.
And during the very first flight, remember to fly with high powersettings so the engine will be broken in.... :D Post pics of the 1st flight here in the forum please...? ;) |
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