While I am a devout scale guy, I just love the lines of this jet, and it may be the first ever non scale bird that I purchase. There is just something about the styling of it that draws me in. :rolleyes:SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!! :rolleyes:
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Aros,
Trust me, when you own a sports jet, you'll wonder why you waited so long. It's a totally different type of fun. If you finger can make it happen via transmitter, the jet can do it (within reason of course, ha-ha :D). They are SO much fun, and can do things scale jets cannot and will not do.
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Awesome, I can only imagine! Time to stop imagining! :DMy YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Our target price for this bird is $299-$329, hopefully the lower end of that range. We'll know for certainty in about 3 weeks, and will post it here. We'll also be working on the videos soon. Sebastian himself (SebArt) test flew the Avanti last week in China. It won't be long now, we just need to get past Chinese New Year!
The Avanti is using the MiG-21's power system, so, imagine a MiG-21 in a sport jet body. Quite fun ;)Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Yeah something about this particular airframe just works for me. Definitely going to be my first sport jet. Going to be a blast.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by Aros.MotionRC View PostYeah something about this particular airframe just works for me. Definitely going to be my first sport jet. Going to be a blast.
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I spent the evening with the pre-production Avanti S. Time for some pictures to go with the pre-production flight videos posted on Page 1! Keep in mind that this is my hand prepared sample. The canopy and cockpit shown here are NOT what customers will receive. We've prepared a two seat foam cockpit like the turbine Avanti has, and will be including an unmounted clear canopy for users to customize as they wish. Because mine here doesn't have the foam cockpit, I've opted to paint the inside with a dark clear blue. Imagine black, gold, clear, one or two pilot figures, or whatever you want for your own model!
Assembly is very simple, requiring only ten screws and without any glue whatsoever. The magnetic nose pops on, the wings slide on with with two spars, and the tailgroup is fastened with screws. I really like the ribbon harnesses to connect the main wing, because they are impervious to stress fractures that flexing at the wing joint might produce. Another nice change from models like the 80mm Mirage is that this Avanti's main landing gear doesn't need to be lowered in order to slide the wing on. We designed the fuselage to accept the width of the wheel (see the photo) even when retracted.
The trailing link struts are nice, the wheels are the softer ones type, essentially smaller versions of the type the FlightLineRC 1600mm F7F Tigercat uses, and the plastic double nose gear doors are spring operated, also like the F7F. The strut clearance and spring tension is perfect for grass runways.
The lighting is neat. The wingtip lights are constantly on, the red belly light flashes once for a half second every second. and the white dorsal light operates like a strobe, quickly flashing twice then powering off for about 1.5 seconds before quickly flashing twice again.
There are no cheater holes in the aircraft, and the spars are not hanging out in the duct. This is an uninterrupted duct, like the Stinger 90 and Super Scorpion.
The production aircraft, like my pre-production model here and the ones shown in the videos on Page 1, will use the MiG-21's power system. Stay tuned for more videos over the coming several weeks but our team.4 PhotosLive Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
Live chat with me and other RC Nuts on my Discord
Camp my Instagram @Alpha.Makes
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Looks like quite the romantic evening there Alpha ... just you and one new, sleek looking and sexy jet! I am jealous! :p
The lights look REALLY cool! Can't wait to see this one become available from MRC. Hard to tell from the photos .. .does she come with flaps?
EDIT: OYE! Never mind .. just went back and reread post #1 in this thread and see that it has split flaps.
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Originally posted by Alpha.MotionRC View Post
I spent the evening with the pre-production Avanti S. Time for some pictures to go with the pre-production flight videos posted on Page 1! Keep in mind that this is my hand prepared sample. The canopy and cockpit shown here are NOT what customers will receive. We've prepared a two seat foam cockpit like the turbine Avanti has, and will be including an unmounted clear canopy for users to customize as they wish. Because mine here doesn't have the foam cockpit, I've opted to paint the inside with a dark clear blue. Imagine black, gold, clear, one or two pilot figures, or whatever you want for your own model!
Assembly is very simple, requiring only ten screws and without any glue whatsoever. The magnetic nose pops on, the wings slide on with with two spars, and the tailgroup is fastened with screws. I really like the ribbon harnesses to connect the main wing, because they are impervious to stress fractures that flexing at the wing joint might produce. Another nice change from models like the 80mm Mirage is that this Avanti's main landing gear doesn't need to be lowered in order to slide the wing on. We designed the fuselage to accept the width of the wheel (see the photo) even when retracted.
The trailing link struts are nice, the wheels are the softer ones from the FlightLineRC 1600mm F7F Tigercat, and the plastic double nose gear doors are spring operated, also like the F7F. The strut clearance and spring tension is perfect for grass runways.
The lighting is neat. The wingtip lights are constantly on, the red belly light flashes once for a half second every second. and the white dorsal light operates like a strobe, quickly flashing twice then powering off for about 1.5 seconds before quickly flashing twice again.
There are no cheater holes in the aircraft, and the spars are not hanging out in the duct. This is an uninterrupted duct, like the Stinger 90 and Super Scorpion.
The production aircraft, like my pre-production model here and the ones shown in the videos on Page 1, will use the MiG-21's power system. Stay tuned for more videos over the coming several weeks but our team.
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Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
Live chat with me and other RC Nuts on my Discord
Camp my Instagram @Alpha.Makes
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