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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2002, 08:15:29 AM »
Very cool!  Whats wrong with people, being offended by the sight of "Hitlers Airforce" in the region...(sigh)


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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2002, 08:46:39 AM »
Way cool indeed.

Rip..were you being facetious or serious regarding why the Ukrainians would be upset by it?  Can't tell.
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2002, 09:05:33 AM »
I was seriously, but I just noticed the Swastika on the tail...he should probably remove that, then all will be well.

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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2002, 09:23:26 AM »
The "people" are prolly westerners who are shocked to see swastika on a flying plane ;)

russians are probably at most disturbed by the sight of german plane rather than lousy swastika..

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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2002, 09:37:32 AM »
Dude, I would like to have a chat with this man and work out just how the hell he did it.

A similar project in Europe or the US would be extremely expensive. Even small build-yourself airplane kits are prohibitibely expensive here (less so in the US). But the dude made a reasonable reconstruction of a JU-87!

That, I think, is impressive. If he can, so can others.

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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2002, 10:34:50 AM »
Thats for sure. That thing looks perfectly scale. Where'd he get the canopies/plexiglass? The jigs to build the wings? The guy must be incredibly skilled...

edit: nevermind, just saw that it was mostly built from a kit. Still impressive, though.
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2002, 11:14:45 AM »
Fellas, it said model kit, not kit plane. That guy basically looked at the model plane three-view and built it from that (if I understand correctly). Very impressive!

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« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2002, 11:48:46 AM »
"...equipped it with a four cylinder engine..."

It would be funny if he put a 4 cylinder VW Bug engine in it.  Can you imagine hearing that thing flying around. :D

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« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2002, 11:52:14 AM »
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Originally posted by Gunthr
Thats for sure. That thing looks perfectly scale. Where'd he get the canopies/plexiglass? The jigs to build the wings? The guy must be incredibly skilled...

edit: nevermind, just saw that it was mostly built from a kit. Still impressive, though.


". Ukrainian Vladimir Nesonov"


The Soviets have been copying others designs for eons, whats so impressive? :cool:

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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2002, 12:00:41 PM »
wtg Mickey!  Trying to catch Rip?
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