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Offline Bosco123

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I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« on: November 07, 2008, 05:42:49 PM »
Remeber way back when, when my Do-335 looked like this?


After about 4 or 5 months of work, here it is now


We finally got it painted and everything pretty much everything is ready to go, almost ready for the test flight. Here are some more pics of it :D






After a close observation of the third pic, like all the planes in the backround?
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Re: I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2008, 05:44:10 PM »
Now all you have to do is fly it. Show us some pics when your done  :aok
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Re: I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2008, 05:45:49 PM »
That is nice tryjavascript:void(0); not to crash it.  :aok
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Re: I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2008, 05:47:57 PM »
Thats just beautiful. you best film the first flights or flight as it were.




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Re: I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2008, 05:48:31 PM »
Great work man. Congrats. :aok
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Re: I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2008, 05:50:32 PM »
Looks great, well done!  Hope the first flight goes well, I know from personal experience that those first few seconds of flight on a new bird can be "exciting" to say the least.

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Re: I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2008, 05:51:00 PM »
Awesome!  :aok
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2008, 05:53:07 PM »
I really hope you don't crash it on her maiden flight.
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2008, 05:54:25 PM »
If you do crash it can i have the parts of it?
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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2008, 05:56:21 PM »
Nice bird!

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Re: I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2008, 05:56:57 PM »
Very nice Bosco  :salute
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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2008, 05:59:40 PM »
Looks great, well done!  Hope the first flight goes well, I know from personal experience that those first few seconds of flight on a new bird can be "exciting" to say the least.
It can be exciting, but thats why I'm not doing the test flight. I maybe good enough to do it, but there are some people that are ten times better than me, although in my mind, I think I'm becoming one of the best in warbird class. I won't do the test flight, but I know I'm still going to *hit my pants when it gets off the ground the first time. It so big, it almost intimidtaes me.
We have been having problems tring to figure out what date we are going to test fly the plane. I want the test flight to be done before our Warbird event, in January. Then we have the guy that built it, that wants to fly it after the warbird event in January, because he wants to show it off. I want to show off it flying at the event, but like you guys say, what if the test pilot crashes it? Thats what our biggest problem is. I will post it, I'll have someone come to the feild, and record it.

Thanks guys, it truly is a magnificent plane.
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Re: I know some of you guys have been keeping an eye on this.....
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2008, 06:00:15 PM »
Nice bird!

*sigh*, now THAT's a garage!
Like it? its got a lot of money in there. :D
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« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2008, 06:01:02 PM »
When are you going to make a F/A-18?  :lol
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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2008, 06:05:18 PM »
Very nice..... <<<S>>> :aok