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BV's 10 year old Super Bandit in Top Gun "Aggressor"
scheme now carries external wing tanks for improved
visibility. The best visual cues are contrasting
dark and light colors, so its hard to beat this Black
Beauty with white tanks. Part of refurbishing this
jet was the development of our new EZ Pylons (see
EZ Pylon
Kit)
to make the tanks (or missiles) very quick to install
and remove for easy transport.
The Super Bandit is now powered by a Jet Central Rabbit for a perfect
power/airframe match.Note:
To have a black paint job withstand the torture of the
hot sun is a very involved, multitask process, not
suitable for ARF's. This 10 year old example
with many hot sun exposures still looks new proving that it can be done if one is capable and
willing. |
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Peter Goldsmith's
Skymaster Cougar in the "Sea Blue" scheme looks great on
the ground and in the air during its many flights. |
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The ready line was
dominated by BVM and Skymaster products. This
KingCat belongs to Eric Meyers and the Ultra Bandit is
Chris Huhn's. |
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| David Ribbe's Skymaster F-16 on
JetCat P-160SX power worked flawlessly during dozens of
flights. |
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This Skymaster F-16 in "Minute
Man" Livery was flown by David Payne and Dustin.
This 4 year old model with JetCat P-160 SE power is a
good demonstrator of the wide envelope of performance
capability of a Falcon. |
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Ultra Bandit's were numerous at
Florida Jets 2013. Mike Sarysz is the 3rd owner of this
particular model and is 100% happy with its performance.
Ultra Bandits experience no
"coupling" with rudder commands on knife edge. |
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| Greg Wright from
Aurora, IL. brought 4 BVM Jets. The level of
craftsmanship and scale finishing techniques is superb. |
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Jack Diaz assisted
fellow Venezuelan Marco Mascia with this Skymaster Hawk
during many flights. |
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| RJ Gonzalez showed
how well the MiG-15 ARF performed on EVF 14S power.
Dozens of flights, all perfect until an unfortunate mid
air with Marco Mascia's Hawk. Mid-Air's are
extremely rare at Jet events but can happen. At
least with model jets, the pilot survives to build and
fly again. |
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Richard Curry uses a
Jet Central Mammoth to drive his bright orange and
aluminum Ultra Bandit. The performance is awesome. |
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| The BVM team is
always part of the noontime show at major events. This year we
launched 5 EVF jets and demonstrated the
state-of-the-art of electric jet power. The crowd
enjoyed it and were amazed at the level of performance
and flight times. L-R: BV
flew the Camo eBandit, RJ flew the MiG-15, Tommy Wood
flew the (one of a kind) Ultra Viper, Pablo Fernandez flew
the eBandit, and David Payne piloted the Sabre ARF. |
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| F-100's were popular
at FL Jets lead by the "Frequent Flyer" of Jack and
Geraldo Diaz. This airframe has several hundred
flights to its credit. |
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The field lay-out
this year dictated that our trade tent be separate from
the flight line tent causing some disconnect and
difficulty to engage customers with demo pilots.
The trade tent displayed a wide range of BVM and
Skymaster products with the new F-104 being the center
of attention. Heather and
Patty were on hand to help customers select from
hundreds of accessories and BVM attire. |
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Florida Jets Continued
photo help by Jim Hewston |
| Roger
Ko traveled from New York to fly his brand new BVM
MiG-15 on EVF ~3~ 12S power. Jess Hogan assembled
the model and it worked perfectly on its first flight
with Dustin doing the honors. |
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Jared
Solomon and Gabe Toro enjoyed the JetCat P-80SE powered
BobCat. |
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| Scott
Harris (Scale Master's Champion) exercised his Skymaster
Hawk several times. |
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Painted by Paul and flown many times by Ritchie
Holt, this Ultra Bandit showed well at Florida Jets. |
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| Frank
Tiano makes it all happen. |
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Low Slow Fly-By |
Knife Edge |
All Electric Gear in Transit |
Perfect Touch Down |
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Dr. Stan Pfost ordered a very
special version of the Desert Camo MiG-15. This
red nose beauty is perfectly powered by a JetCentral
Rabbit. Other than the turbine engine, all other
functions are electric. BVM has the parts and
instructions to duplicate it. |
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Greg
Foushi was awarded "Best Scale Flight" for his fine
flying Skymaster A-10 with twin JetCat P-80's. |
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| Dustin
rigged a camera on the nose of his Rabbit powered BobCat
for some interesting video. |
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More Ultra Bandit's |
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Best
Sport Jet Award Lots of
vinyl graphics adorned this Ultra Bandit owned by Mark
Aton. Pablo Fernandez presented it well in the
skies over Lakeland, Fl.
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| Harley
Condra on landing roll out. |
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BVM
factory demo on knife edge (no coupling). |
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Richard Curry's Mammoth powered Ultra Bandit. |
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Mike
Sarysz on an inverted pass. |
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new Skymaster A-10 1:7.75 scale was on display in the
BVM trade booth. |
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Florida Jets Continued
photo help by F.T.E. |
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Diaz and son Geraldo took turns flying the F-100.
'Can't be sure who was at the controls on this perfect
knife edge pass. |
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Dustin, David Payne, and BV shared flying duties on the
BVM demo Ultra Bandit. |
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this case, the grassfield was handy. The model was
not scratched. Good demo of the Extreme High Alpha
capabilities of the Skymaster 1:6 scale F-16. |
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Stable
slow flight is characteristic of all BVM Jets.
This is a great shot of the eBandit with EVF ~3~ 14S
power. BV on the sticks. |
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