3D Viper-ST 100-120cc scratch build......it continues!
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Jetpainter
640cc Uber Pimp
Terry the cowl is looking great!
I'll be watching with interest as always! I really enjoy your build threads.
Doug
I'll be watching with interest as always! I really enjoy your build threads.
Doug
Taildraggerrc
70cc twin V2
You better! I would be in for sure. I love my arfs but nothing beats a foam core wing and a custom kit. Price don't matter. An arf in a custom scheme would be killer!
lakerider8
50cc
Sub'd ... But you knew I'd be following along. I remembered after leaving DesMoines that you wanted me to look at your plug for you. I was busy keeping track of the time and forgot to get over to your trailer in the afternoon.
Terryscustom
640cc Uber Pimp
That's cool, Rick filled me in on some tips and I'll be showing pics on here in another week or so when I get to glassing / etc. so don't be afraid to jump in and tell me what I'm doing wrong!!
BTW guy's, Lakerider was nice enough to let me fly his Chipmunk (see his avatar) that he scratch built over on the other site. For a very large plane with a DLE55 on the nose that thing was awesome!!! Very clean flying and easy to fly scale. I kept thinking it would be really fun to fly that in Sportsman IMAC and have a scale flying plane flying a scale like routine!! Hope you find time for more builds in the future.
Fibertech
70cc twin V2
Looks like someone let the cat out of the bag.:cocksure: Terry has been talking to me about the possibility of kiting the Viper for a while. Terry and I have had several phone conversations and have met in person a few times at some of the local events. He is a stand up guy and a craftsman for sure. We both strive for perfection and want to produce the best quality kit possible. So with that said it was an easy decision to work on manufacturing some of his designs.:shaking-hands-smile
We are still working on the details such as best use of materials and machine time and trying to set up a cost effective price to offer the kits. Basically Terry would be doing the Lazar cut parts and we (Fibertech N More) will be doing the CNC foam, Fiberglass and Canopy’s. Terry’s kits will be offered basically in the same fashion as the Hyper LITE and Chipmunk. They will be sold as Starter Kits with the list of what and where the customer will need to purchase items needed to finish the kit. We will be adding the Viper to the new fleet of Starter Kits on the web site soon.
Feel free to PM us if your really interested in the Viper and we will start a want list.
We are going to kind of use this build thread as a manufacturing thread also. We feel that maybe some of you would like to see what all it takes to develop a kit from ground up and get it to production and out the door in the US.
As you can see Terry has been working on new plugs for cowl and canopy. He has also been working on best use Lazar time for cutting all the wood parts. I have started on all the CNC files for cutting foam.
More info to come. :winking-thumbs-up-s
We are still working on the details such as best use of materials and machine time and trying to set up a cost effective price to offer the kits. Basically Terry would be doing the Lazar cut parts and we (Fibertech N More) will be doing the CNC foam, Fiberglass and Canopy’s. Terry’s kits will be offered basically in the same fashion as the Hyper LITE and Chipmunk. They will be sold as Starter Kits with the list of what and where the customer will need to purchase items needed to finish the kit. We will be adding the Viper to the new fleet of Starter Kits on the web site soon.
Feel free to PM us if your really interested in the Viper and we will start a want list.
We are going to kind of use this build thread as a manufacturing thread also. We feel that maybe some of you would like to see what all it takes to develop a kit from ground up and get it to production and out the door in the US.
As you can see Terry has been working on new plugs for cowl and canopy. He has also been working on best use Lazar time for cutting all the wood parts. I have started on all the CNC files for cutting foam.
More info to come. :winking-thumbs-up-s
Terryscustom
640cc Uber Pimp
Awe crap, there was a cat in that bag
Just kidding, yes as Rick said and as I've told everyone from day one......it has to make sense. Obviously it costs $$ to provide the best materials and top of the line CNC cut, Laser cut and cad designed products with multiple prototypes and testing. That's why I like Rick, I don't see him doing anything half baked. I've been self employed for 12 years in a different industry for one reason......we do things better that most and we don't do half-baked.
So, if we can make this happen, we will. The LAW is on board as well as she is in charge of cutting G10 and any aluminum parts that need to be CNC cut in our shop. I have lots of ideas for other designs including one other one in particular that I have already built two prototypes for and a couple of kits.
Just kidding, yes as Rick said and as I've told everyone from day one......it has to make sense. Obviously it costs $$ to provide the best materials and top of the line CNC cut, Laser cut and cad designed products with multiple prototypes and testing. That's why I like Rick, I don't see him doing anything half baked. I've been self employed for 12 years in a different industry for one reason......we do things better that most and we don't do half-baked.
So, if we can make this happen, we will. The LAW is on board as well as she is in charge of cutting G10 and any aluminum parts that need to be CNC cut in our shop. I have lots of ideas for other designs including one other one in particular that I have already built two prototypes for and a couple of kits.
