#COMET PHANTOM FURY PLANS UPDATE#
#COMET PHANTOM FURY PLANS FULL#

I found this model to be a real floater and had many really good thermal flights with it. I have built 2 of these models - one in the USA in 1988 when the kit was actually still for sale in Two Rivers Wisconsin, and another a few years later when I returned home to NZ with the plan in my luggage. If I build another, I'll use 3/32' balsa instead of 1/16' and go with lighter wood, stronger and lighter. While the model did fly well, my two loops of 1/8' rubber didn't provide enough power, plan is to add more rubber and maybe a larger prop for better performance. The balsa landing gear design is weak, I had to brace it better to survive the first landings. My kit came with a 6' plastic prop but it was too small. Comet expected you to build up a 6' prop from 1/8' printwood but I substituted a carved balsa version of 8' instead. The plans called for a removable tail section which I left out as too much trouble with no advantage. I added another spar to the top of the wing for added stiffness, no problem with warps. I ended up building another with lighter but larger wood including diagonal braces, both lighter and stronger. When I shrunk the Doculam covering, the stab warped like a potato chip. The fuselage wood was very heavy but also strong and it worked out well, tail feathers were another matter, plans warned against shrinking the covering but I didn't listen. It was small enough to use the Upstairs Aircraft Assembly Area instead of the chilly basement.

This was my Winter project last year after being given an ancient Comet kit. You can help us fix it.Ġ03.jpg 004.jpg 005.jpg 006.jpg 007.jpg 008.jpgĭo you have a photo you'd like to submit for this page? Then Here's the new plan.'ĭid we get something wrong with these details about this plan (especially the datafile)? I don't know if you want this but I redrew the wings and stabilizer and joined the wings for the Phantom Fury. Quote: 'Hi Steve, There was some talk on a thread that the wings didn't line up correctly.

#COMET PHANTOM FURY PLANS UPDATE#

Update : Replaced this plan with a clearer version, thanks to pd1. I scanned the printwood, all three sheets.' Quote: 'Hi Steve, I saw that the printwood was incomplete for the Comet Phantom Fury.

#COMET PHANTOM FURY PLANS FULL#

Update : Replaced this plan with a copy that includes full printwood, thanks to pd1. I do not have an original kit however I can attempt to transpose the requisite formers and send them in for inclusion'. In the process of constructing this fine airplane I noticed no nose formers at all in the included print wood. Padmonkey mailed in to say 'the Comet Phantom Fury is not all formers complete. Flying Ace members have chosen this kit for club contests as it is quick to build, taking as little as an hour to build and be ready for the flying field.Īll parts are laser cut, yes, this includes the sticks which have built in gussets at every joint which strengthens the model and makes it incredibly quick and easy to build.Įsaki tissue (red, blue, yellow, orange, black or white) is supplied pre-printed with the skull & cross-bones, a 6' prop and bearings, enough FAI Super Sport rubber to get flying and stainless steel wire for prop shaft, wheel axles and motor hook are all provided in the kit.High wing cabin rubber powered duration model. This kit has been re-engineered by Mark Freeland to meet the requirements of the Flying Ace Club. It was designed by Joe Konefest in the late 1930's. This 16' wing span job is a very old and respected design from the hay day of Comet. Home | 2024 DAYTON MODELRAMA | View Shopping Cartįalcon Electric Two-Blade Beechwood Propellerįree Flight Old Time Rubber Phantom Flash ROG 16' Questions? Wright Flyer 68' Workbench Dummy R-985 Radial Flite Test visits Radical RC Your Free-Flight-Rubber Source! Feeling grounded? We're still flying at Radical RC! STORE HOURS M-F 9-NOON & 1-4PM ORDERS SHIP M-F

Comet phantom fury plans