Project Foil Guesses?

[L over D]

Adding up the hints my not-too-ingenious guess is that "FOIL" is an F-106 Delta Dart, the king of interceptors that spanned several generations of pilots and now rests in the desert.

Or less likely be a F-100F or F-105F Wild Weasel, that urgently needed to foil the SAM-sites in Vietnam and now rests in the before mentioned desert.

Anyho, it will be great to see the result! The previous releases are truly incredible, both regarding scale apperance and handling qualities. It can not be overstated how much Alpha and Freewing have pushed the envelope for scale EDF:s.
I for one prefer a really nice scale model of almost anything before a half assed version of my favorite aircraft.
Keep up the amazing work Alpha!

[Boots Whirlygig]

Ditto, L over D!

[rifleman_btx]

Absolutely that would be beyond sweetness!

[hotdogx]

Adding up the hints my not-too-ingenious guess is that "FOIL" is an F-106 Delta Dart...

I REALLY hope your guess is correct. That is almost too much to hope for - don't know if my heart could stand it! That is my number one wish for the next FW EDF jet. If it does turn out to be the 106 I will be hitting the pre-order button for sure! Actually, I've always been a bit miffed that they've had the Mirage all this time (and now even a V2 Mirage) but no F-106. IMHO F-106 is way cooler.

[F106DeltaDart]

I REALLY hope your guess is correct. That is almost too much to hope for - don't know if my heart could stand it! That is my number one wish for the next FW EDF jet. If it does turn out to be the 106 I will be hitting the pre-order button for sure! Actually, I've always been a bit miffed that they've had the Mirage all this time (and now even a V2 Mirage) but no F-106. IMHO F-106 is way cooler.

Couldn’t have said it better man! ;)

[Valkpilot]

I REALLY hope your guess is correct. That is almost too much to hope for - don't know if my heart could stand it! That is my number one wish for the next FW EDF jet. If it does turn out to be the 106 I will be hitting the pre-order button for sure! Actually, I've always been a bit miffed that they've had the Mirage all this time (and now even a V2 Mirage) but no F-106. IMHO F-106 is way cooler.

My guess would be that they had to track down who currently holds the licencing rights, if any. On the older planes it may be problematic, tracing it's corporate lineage from who actually built it to who holds the rights today,

[F106DeltaDart]

My guess would be that they had to track down who currently holds the licencing rights, if any. On the older planes it may be problematic, tracing it's corporate lineage from who actually built it to who holds the rights today,

Parts of Convair were sold to both McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and Lockheed Martin. I highly doubt they would have any issues with the name of a defunct company being used anymore, and I don't think either really has rights to the Convair name.

[Valkpilot]

Parts of Convair were sold to both McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and Lockheed Martin. I highly doubt they would have any issues with the name of a defunct company being used anymore, and I don't think either really has rights to the Convair name.

But it's best to get the rights BEFORE you outlay the capital involved. Vanilla Ice got sued by Queen over the fact that the music part of "Ice Ice Baby" is the same as their song "Under Pressure". Paramount closed down a crowdfunded fanflic "Axanar" because the "trailer" proved that it was studio grade work, AND imposed new onerous guidelines on fanflics . So what do you think would happen to MRC if they were left holding
1000 80 mm F-106s what they couldn't sell because of a cease-and-desist order caused by Boeing?

[F106DeltaDart]

But it's best to get the rights BEFORE you outlay the capital involved. Vanilla Ice got sued by Queen over the fact that the music part of "Ice Ice Baby" is the same as their song "Under Pressure". Paramount closed down a crowdfunded fanflic "Axanar" because the "trailer" proved that it was studio grade work, AND imposed new onerous guidelines on fanflics . So what do you think would happen to MRC if they were left holding
1000 80 mm F-106s what they couldn't sell because of a cease-and-desist order caused by Boeing?

I trust Alpha and the Motion crew to get that figured out well before even the initial design phase. Considering they produced the P-38 (previously seen as too expensive to license), I don't doubt they could get pretty much anything figured out!

[Valkpilot]

I trust Alpha and the Motion crew to get that figured out well before even the initial design phase. Considering they produced the P-38 (previously seen as too expensive to license), I don't doubt they could get pretty much anything figured out!

Where did you get that info about the P-38? Flyzone had a UM version and Banana has a large scale version.

[F106DeltaDart]

Where did you get that info about the P-38? Flyzone had a UM version and Banana has a large scale version.

That was always the response from the Horizon reps on RCG as to why they never produced the P-38 again after the EPS version.

[MANFRED]

OK maybe, if it was in this scheme, high vis

[dahawk]

Couldn’t have said it better man! ;)

I'm sure that one day you'll get your DD. I for one would jump on that bandwagon.

[rifleman_btx]

That was always the response from the Horizon reps on RCG as to why they never produced the P-38 again after the EPS version.

That is really a bummer too, it was really a nice flying plane. Almost a glider in response, i remember chunking a prop off in mid flight and having to land on a running track of the middle school. It didnt even snap at all on me. The track was ~100 yards away from me at the time. It was surely a butt pucker moment. But man what a sweet flying bird. So with that in mind we give horizon the bird and we buy the best yet designed P38 from motion!

[F106DeltaDart]

I'm sure that one day you'll get your DD. I for one would jump on that bandwagon.

Thanks Hawk, I hope so! I hope maybe they are secretly holding things back and they'll do a back to back community-requested aircraft announcement; a Freewing F-106 and a Flightline OV-10!

[Valkpilot]

That was always the response from the Horizon reps on RCG as to why they never produced the P-38 again after the EPS version.

Well that's to be expected, since they don't have the level of innovation that MRC and it's partners have. Plus it would stop them from producing another Cub variant or P-51.:Cool:

[wolpertinger]

Thinking this may be the reason for delays....

https://youtu.be/k008i7T5SkU

[OV10]

Thanks Hawk, I hope so! I hope maybe they are secretly holding things back and they'll do a back to back community-requested aircraft announcement; a Freewing F-106 and a Flightline OV-10!

Drooling::) Keep bangin that drum DD ;)

[seaviper]

That whole licensing thing is ridiculous. The model train industry was going the same way until the head of NS, who is a modeler, decided he would not go for it. So the other railroads gave in. They didn't want all the models just being NS stuff. Seriously how much money can they possibly make off these licensing schemes? All it does is shut down the model industry.

You would think they would be happy to have modelers building their birds. Free publicity.

[Valkpilot]

That whole licensing thing is ridiculous. The model train industry was going the same way until the head of NS, who is a modeler, decided he would not go for it. So the other railroads gave in. They didn't want all the models just being NS stuff. Seriously how much money can they possibly make off these licensing schemes? All it does is shut down the model industry.

You would think they would be happy to have modelers building their birds. Free publicity.

It's called greed. Why else would someone like Disney sue some daycare facilities.