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Anyone build a scratch X-15?
Just curious
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Nah
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Yep, with a piece of scrap tubing, a hand carved nose cone and fins made from a balsa assortment from KayBee. Flew about like you'd expect. Went big, too. C6-5 flight from the street in front of our house. Pretty sure it was around the same time we set up a couple hundred feet of Hot Wheel track and strapping a mini motor to the top of a Hot Wheel. Same flight path as the X-15.
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The Mole, a member here, has been working on one, I believe.
Steve Neill, aka SubPirate, sells a nice kit that he engineered. He has the delta-wing version, also. Both are for sale on his site. Allen |
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Did I hear my name called out? I am working on a couple of X-15s. I have just started the work on these two Paul Clarks X-15 kits. At the moment I'm scanning all patterns and instructions. I have been working with my 3D printer to make parts. At this point everything is prototypes. There's a lot of work to upgrade these kits. New paper material for parts, foam board, and drawing new X-15 markings.
I bought these kits when they first came out. You can see on the boxes it was 16 years ago in 2003. The instruction leaves a lot to be desired. The photo with the 3D printed parts taped to the BT-80 tube have to be cut down and hollowed out for good fits. At this point, I'm just looking to see how the parts look. So far so good. |
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This one is not worth the struggle.
Look for a Quest X-15 on Ebay. Looks good, flies well, has decals. Some of the boutique companies make versions in various sizes.
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I have not started either of mine yet. Can't wait to see how yours come along. These kits are not for the faint of heart!
Thanks for answering! Allen |
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I kit an X-15 Delta R/C rocket glider as well as I did a short run of 20+4" tubing based BT-101 X-15 R/C rocket glider kits as well.
https://youtu.be/xkV7pvBVGLQ |
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Quote:
Quest sells a X-15 parts bag - includes fins, nosecone and decals. |
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SNG Aero
Quote:
https://sngaero.wordpress.com/products/ .
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