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Old 10-21-2015, 07:15 PM
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The original X-Wing (1298) flew pretty well until the shock cord broke. Unfortunately, the chute tended to tangle up in the laser cannons.

You mean "pinchers".
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Old 10-21-2015, 07:35 PM
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It's good to see everyone has good or bad memory's of there X-Wings.
I had some that flew good. and some not so good. I liked trying to build the next X- wing
better than the one before it. I move on to other designs.

Have a few left. I may have to get them out and give them a try now that I'm older and wiser with the FORCE on my side.
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Old 10-21-2015, 08:06 PM
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It's good to see everyone has good or bad memory's of there X-Wings.
I had some that flew good. and some not so good. I liked trying to build the next X- wing
better than the one before it. I move on to other designs.

Have a few left. I may have to get them out and give them a try now that I'm older and wiser with the FORCE on my side.


If you got a balsa and plastic unbuilt kit maybe we can do some horse trading. I have the all plastic kit that I put on display when I fly and the kids just go wild over it!
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Old 10-21-2015, 08:57 PM
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If you got a balsa and plastic unbuilt kit maybe we can do some horse trading. I have the all plastic kit that I put on display when I fly and the kids just go wild over it!


I'm in the process of going thought all my kits that I have had stored away for years.
I may find some more. I need to know what I've got before I start horse trading.
Thanks for the offer. I'll keep it in mind.
I do hope I come across some more X-wings or even parts.
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Old 10-21-2015, 10:39 PM
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The MaxiBrute Star Wars X-Wing isn't a bad flyer; I flew one back in 2005 as my entry for the Future Scale/Science Fiction at a Regional NAR Meet at the Johnson Space Center. Only I modified mine to fly five engine cluster. D12 core and four A10-PT's in the "jet" pods outboard.
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Old 10-22-2015, 08:34 AM
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The MaxiBrute Star Wars X-Wing isn't a bad flyer; I flew one back in 2005 as my entry for the Future Scale/Science Fiction at a Regional NAR Meet at the Johnson Space Center. Only I modified mine to fly five engine cluster. D12 core and four A10-PT's in the "jet" pods outboard.


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Yall don't forget this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgF9hBL-CuA

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