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So reading these threads about people looking for their first jets, I'm wondering, all you guys who are flying jets now that have been flying them for say 10 years or more, before all the really nice easy flying trainer jets came along, what were your first jets, be it ducted fan's or turbine.

Mine were as follows:

Y/A A4 Skyhawk, OS91 dynamax
DL Aeromodels Cyclone 2, OS91 dynamax
Y/A F4 Phantom, OS91 dynamax
Parkinson Regal Eagle, OS91 Byron

Planes Plus Kangaroo with a RAM 750
Aviation Design Exocet with RAM 750
Fiberclassics Eurosport with AMT AT280SP


Those were my first jets, don't have any of them anymore but as far as I know all 3 of my first turbine powered birds are still flying today somewhere.

I owned others in that same time, but they were either to unsuccessful to consider first jets or I never flew them haha.

Here's a pic of my old Roo

mugenkidd

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My first jet was a byron F-86... I think that was back in 2000, then had a byron F-15, yellow star fire, Aeroloft t-2 buckeye, amd ITP caproni.. then started my turbine career with the A10x and have had several more since then.

Shok

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first jet was a ragged beat up Byron Mig 15 with an OS 77

Then I moved up to a Yellow A/C F-4 and a BVM A-4 witha turbax fan and an OS 65

olnico

My first one was a Jet Hangar Hobbies Mirage III powered with an OS VRDF77 and Dynamax. That was in 1990.
I still have this plane in flying state and she is equipped with a Schuebeler DS75 DIA. I don't fly her too much though because of her great age...

NickC5FE

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Scratchbuilt Z-Panther w/ P-80 and all scale goodies!

Gary Arthur

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MY jets were as follows;

Hot spot, Simjet 2300 Still flying...
AV8R, Simjet 1200...Sold
Savex L39 Simjet 700/Wren 44gold...Still flying...
Boomerang intro, Wren Super Sport. Still flying
BobCat XL AMT 180/Simjet 2300 Still flying...
X-treme F15, Simjet 3000 Still flying.....
Christen Diffusion Fouga Magister...Did not survive the test flight.[X(]
Comp Arf Flash. Simjet 3000 Ready for test flight.

AFTERBURNER1

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Byron Mig 15 1984

Byron Bullet 1984

Jet Hanger 86 1984

Jet Hangar Kifer 1984

First turbine

Comp arf "OG" the good less canards... Rookie

FalconWings

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BVM F-16 baby! w/Viofan (the real one not the one for Pu*&es)

Henk Visser

Avonds Rafale ramtec os-max 91 vrdf
Avonds F-15 ramtec os-max 91 vrdf
GUBA Firebird AMT mercury
Boomerang Intro P-70
Boomerang Elan P120 SE

Steve Collins

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Jet Hangar Hobbies Cougar that I sold without ever flying it.
Trim Aircraft F-86 ducted fan.
BVM T-33 Ducted fan.
Yellow Aircraft Starfire ducted fan.
BVM Ultraviper ducted fan.

After these, I made the switch to turbine power.

Jet Model Products T-33.
Planes Plus F-86.
Boomerang XL2.
BVM F-86 (the smaller AFS one)

Waiting to be finished is a Dan Gill Grumman Panther

Waiting to be started:

Der Jet Grumman Cougar
Mark Frankel Douglas Skyray
Grumman Panther (kit from Norway about the same size as the Ziroli)

AFTERBURNER1

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And 3 yellow 16's with Dynamax Rossi .81/ OS .91s[X(]

causeitflies

Byron F-86D Rossi 81 ~'84 or '85
I still have an old Regal Eagle that I may try to stuff with a P-60.

aquaskiman

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My first jet was a Byron F-16, then a Byron F-86, yellow F-16, Interceptor, Starfire, yellow F-16. Then into Turbines with a Star chaser, Discovery, Viper, Starfire, Falcon, Boomer. George

mr_matt

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The "Visible Man"...Parkinson Cheetah made of that clear plastic.

K&B 100 with RPM rod, Ramtec fan, giant MACS pipe.... agony

Boomerang1

I scratch build scale models & my first jet is still not finished! I started a Macchi 339 but it got a bit complicated so I scratch built a simpler sport jet just to get flying. 3 years later the Macchi is still not finished but the sport jet is still going strong. - John.

Jetpilot24

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My First jet was a Jet Hangar Hobby A-4 Skyhawk poer was a K&B 45 with a Turbax 1
Secound was a Jet Hangar Hobby F-86 Sabre powered by a JETT Enginerring 46
Third was an Exterminator powered by a Simjet 1200
and 4th a Trim F-86 powered by a Simjett 1200

Joe L.

Bryce Watson

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Some little F-16 with a RK049 in it.

*Kyosho F-16
*Kyosho F-16
*Kyosho F-16

*Kyosho Learjet
*Kyosho Learjet
*Kyosho Learjet
EJF BAE 146
EJF Gulfstream G4

BVM Maverick
Euro Firebird
Graupner Hotspot
Iron Bay YF-22

And I forget the rest.

*yes I crashed or melted all those kyosho's, I'm a slow learner. []

cmjets

Hello:

Glow engine .- Geat planes Patriot + Thunder Tiger 46

Ducted-Fan .- Avonds Rafale + O.S. 91 + Ramtec fan

Turbine .- Hotspot + simjet 2300

Best regards from Spain.

Carlos.

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hooker53

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My first (1981) , A Skyglass Mig 21. Still have it. Thinking about doing a conv to turbine on it.

smaze17

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Yellow A-4 Skyhawk with the sport wing, O.S. 91 with a Dynamax fan....probably not the best first jet but excellent flyer and fast!

Spence

rcjet lynch

Yellow A-4 and OS 65Vr and Dynamax
Jet hangar hobbies Mirage with Rossi 65 and Dynamax
BVM sport Shark with KBV 72

SPLIT S

My JetMach. I know some don't consider it a jet, but I'm more than happy. Thaks for the introduction Shok and Limeybob! Looking forward to my YA F18 in the spring.

Dan

grbaker

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Started flyin' DFs in 1989. First turbine in 2002

Bob Parkinson Regal Eagle OS.77 / Byron fan
George Miller F4 Phantom OS.91 / Dynamax
Bob Parkinson Regal Eagle OS.91 / Dynamax
George Miller F4 Phantom OS.91 / Dynamax
George Miller F4 Phantom 2-OS.77 / 2-Dynamax
Bob Parkinson Regal Eagle OS.91 / Dynamax
JMP Starfire IIa OS.91 / Dynamax
George Miller T-38a OS.91 / Byron fan
JMP Starfire IIb OS.91 / Dynamax
George Miller F4 Phantom OS.91 / Dynamax
Sunset Models Sport Eagle OS.77 / Dynamax
Sunset Models Sport Eagle OS.77 / Dynamax
Byron F-16 OS.91 / Byron fan
George Miller T-38a OS.91 / Dynamax
Kangaroo JetCat P120
Bob Parkinson Regal Eagle OS.91 / Dynamax
JMP Starfire IIb OS.91 / Dynamax
Yellow Aircraft F-18 JetCat P160
EuroSport Merlin 160
Kerry Sterner Facet 2300 JetCat P120
JMP T-33 JetCat Titan

George

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First ducted fan- Byron's F-16

First turbine- Hot Spot w/Ram 500

j.duncker

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I started with a single channel ducted fan model designed by a Brit polymath called P E Norman. It was called a Rapier I think, with a design for a diy fan and a bungee launch system. I was luck enough to have access to an old lathe which made the fan an easier build. I was able to turn the hub then use the chuck as an index and the tool holder as a guide to cut the slots for the 1/16th ply blades.

I had little success until I acquired a Cox Special 15. I had some good flights then if the engine was right on song but as it needed costly 30% nitro fuel, and kept blowing the very expensive glow head I sold it. It was a real pig of a job to get it started as I had to use a pull cord hand wrapped around a small pulley inside the fuselage. I was using a babies dummy as a bladder tank to provide a pressurised fuel system and this would flood the engine if the clip was removed too early. However I can still remember the satisfaction of that first successful flight, a just a few circuits and a landing but under control. I was 16 or 17 at the time.