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07-13-2017, 11:15 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mount Vernon, IN
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Brad Hood's new F4 Rocket II
Team Rocket and Flyboy Accessories are super excited to share a couple photos of Brad Hood's brand new F4 Rocket II, fresh from the paint shop.
Brad chose Evoke Aviation in Gadsden, AL with expert painter Jonathon McCormick to apply Plane Schemer's eye-popping design. Brad says "My editorial is that Jonathon produced the most perfect paint job I've ever seen! And I'm the most finicky critic around!"
All I can say is that I can't wait to see it at the Team Rocket display area at Airventure 2017. We'll be in space 652, up on the north end of the display area, across from the homebuilt camping and near the Van's Aircraft's tent.
We are looking forward to hearing some F4 performance data too!!
Stop by our booth and check out Brad's stunning new airplane and see all of the new stuff that Team Rocket and Flyboy Accessories have to offer.
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www.f1aircraft.com
F1 Rocket and F4 Raider components
1-888-F1AIRCRAFT (1-888-312-4727)
www.flyboyaccessories.com
RV and Rocket Accessories, Tailwheels, Tools, & More
1-888-8FLYBOY (1-888-835-9269)
F4 Raider - under construction
F1-H Rocket "Crazy Horse" - sold
RV-4 "Chief Pontiac" - sold in 1994, purchased in 2018
Last edited by vfrazier : 07-14-2017 at 05:21 PM.
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07-14-2017, 12:22 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Posts: 411
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Wow!
Wow! Looks like it belongs to an airshow pilot. Can't blend in on the ramp with that one.
By the way, what is the difference between the F4 Rocket 2 and the F4 Raider?
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Mike F
RV-6A wings/fuselage
RV-3 empennage (extra thanks to Mr. Zilik)
RV-4 Plans only S/N 2938
Cessna 152
Elk Grove, CA
VAF #744 Exempt but paid anyway
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07-14-2017, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,544
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This is a wonderful thing seeing a new rocket in the air again. Has there ever been a better looking aircraft?
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Tom Martin RV1 pilot 4.6hours!
CPL & IFR rated
EVO F1 Rocket 1000 hours,
2010 SARL Rocket 100 race, average speed of 238.6 knots/274.6mph
RV4, RV7, RV10, two HRIIs and five F1 Rockets
RV14 Tail dragger
Fairlea Field
St.Thomas, Ontario Canada, CYQS
fairleafield@gmail.com
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07-14-2017, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ridgeland, SC
Posts: 2,589
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Thats wayy cool!
Tom
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Tom Swearengen, TS Flightlines LLC, AS Flightlines
Joint Venture with Aircraft Specialty
Teflon Hose Assemblies for Experimentals
Proud Vendor for RV1, Donator to VAF
RV7 Tail Kit Completed, Fuse started-Pay as I go Plan
Ridgeland, SC
www.tsflightlines.com, www.asflightlines.com
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07-14-2017, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mount Vernon, IN
Posts: 1,270
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arffguy
By the way, what is the difference between the F4 Rocket 2 and the F4 Raider?
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Mike,
You can call them anything you want. Brad was working on his project independently of us, and long before we began producing new parts again.
Rocket II works great for Brad, but we chose to differentiate a bit from the Rocket name. It gets a bit messy having Harmon Rockets, F1 Rockets, Radial Rockets, and others, so to add another Rocket just didn't seem prudent to me.
However, as with any homebuilt, you can call it whatever you like.
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Vince Frazier
www.f1aircraft.com
F1 Rocket and F4 Raider components
1-888-F1AIRCRAFT (1-888-312-4727)
www.flyboyaccessories.com
RV and Rocket Accessories, Tailwheels, Tools, & More
1-888-8FLYBOY (1-888-835-9269)
F4 Raider - under construction
F1-H Rocket "Crazy Horse" - sold
RV-4 "Chief Pontiac" - sold in 1994, purchased in 2018
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07-14-2017, 06:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: TN
Posts: 60
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Wow Mr Brad Hood that gets ones attention. Enjoy!
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07-14-2017, 06:23 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Victoria, Canada
Posts: 2,251
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Nice paint job... not sure about the blue, though 😉.
Must be a trend, here's mine.
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Originally Posted by vfrazier
Team Rocket and Flyboy Accessories are super excited to share a couple photos of Brad Hood's brand new F4 Rocket II, fresh from the paint shop.
Brad chose Evoke Aviation in Gadsden, AL with expert painter Jonathon McCormick to apply Plane Schemer's eye-popping design. Brad says "My editorial is that Jonathon produced the most perfect paint job I've ever seen! And I'm the most finicky critic around!"
All I can say is that I can't wait to see it at the Team Rocket display area at Airventure 2017. We'll be in space 652, up on the north end of the display area, across from the homebuilt camping and near the Van's Aircraft's tent.
We are looking forward to hearing some F4 performance data too!!
Stop by our booth and check out Brad's stunning new airplane and see all of the new stuff that Team Rocket and Flyboy Accessories have to offer.
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Chandler, Az (Winter)
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07-15-2017, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Oxnard, CA
Posts: 65
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 Awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing it at OSH.
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07-15-2017, 11:38 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Mojave
Posts: 4,652
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The subject's paint is a little "loud" for my particular taste, buy it is nevertheless a great looking airplane. I have been forced to suffer with flying the -8 while my Rocket is undergoing upgrade to the SDS EFI and with hundreds of hours in each type I can even more enthusiastically endorse the Rocket cockpit as vastly superior to the -8 WRT pilot comfort. I just flew the -8 to Vegas last night and I was really longing for the luxurious real estate my Rocket provides. I understand why some might shy away from the overkill the 540 represents in the standard Rocket, but if you are going to go with a 4 banger, the F-4 deserves serious consideration.
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WARNING! Incorrect design and/or fabrication of aircraft and/or components may result in injury or death. Information presented in this post is based on my own experience - Reader has sole responsibility for determining accuracy or suitability for use.
Michael Robinson
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Harmon Rocket II -SDS EFI
RV-8 - SDS CPI
1940 Taylorcraft BL-65
1984 L39C
Last edited by Toobuilder : 07-15-2017 at 11:43 AM.
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07-15-2017, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Buderim, Queensland Australia
Posts: 153
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That is one mighty fine looking aircraft!
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Bushby Mustang II - 170hrs and counting
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