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Hey Guys, Sorry about reviving a thread from the dead....but it's for a good reason! I'm happy to announce that Aloft Hobbies will be selling Aloha and Alley Cat kits very soon! They have the production ready cut files in hand, & we have a source for the fiberglass parts lined up. Aloft will be doin...

Back to making progress again. These are the canopy molds cut from Ren460 tooling board, which took a while to arrive. You can see from the pics that it came off the machine a little rough (there is a story there lol), but they cleaned up nicely with some 220g sandpaper wet. From there I sanded in s...

This is how you inspire kids!! I took my son Ryan to the Winterfest race last weekend. He loves R/C but hasn’t flown much high performance stuff yet, but wants to race. Dan Kane spotted his enthusiasm and sent him a brand new Eflite Shoestring and RimFire motor. Ryan is over the moon, we’re starting...

I took my 11 year old son Ryan with me to the race. He flies, but nothing really high performance. He was so pumped about racing when we left thats all he talked about on the way home. Yesterday he dug out the sim and practiced for a solid couple hours. We're building him an EF-1 now. The goal is fo...

My first Winterfest EF-1 race is in the books and I had an awesome time! Jim Allen and the amazing crew of volunteers ran an extremely professional race. I am very grateful for their effort. We flew some 130+ rounds with ONLY 1 re-fly. I would also like to thank my impromptu caller Tony Macdonald. R...

I put 4 more flights on Aloha today. This is the first time I’ve used AS3X (other than BNF planes) and I’ve gotten it dialed in now. It was a bit messed up before, but I got some help (Thanks Tony!) getting it dialed in. I was just being lazy and didn’t fully understand it, but after playing with it...

I’ve got to have a backup, so I’m working on Alley Cat too. Aloha was turned into Alley Cat by Ray Cote when he bought it. It uses the same fuselage with a different wing and tail. The cold temps and snow are making painting the glass parts a challenge I was hoping to debut it complete, but this wil...

My son was able to get some video. I’m calling this one
done!

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https://youtu.be/LxTqSywViFs

It’s done, maiden as soon as the weather allows. It’s light so I’m off looking for wheel weights.

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Part aren’t trimmed so I have some work to get the canopy to fit still. This is the first time I’ve seen the real thing all together, I think I like it!

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I finally was able to get some fiberglass parts made. Maybe I’ll get some paint on them soon.

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After my impatience causing the issues with the cowl mold, I just decided to recut it, so it’s complete now. I have some 2 part primer I’ll try to put on it this weekend if it’s warm enough. Supposed to snow here in the desert on Thanksgiving lol.

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I found a few bubbles in the gelcoat of the canopy mold that I wasn't happy with. I've filled them and am in the process of polishing them, so no canopy part yet. I was able to get most of the radio gear installed though and get a rough weight. I'm sitting about 2.9 lbs. without a cowl or canopy so ...

Canopy molds are complete. Not perfect but good enough. Next up is polishing then wax for a part.

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I had a setback with the cowl mold and am in the process of redoing it. More pics soon...

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