This is my Paritech/Tomahawk Viperjet XXL.
I did a check on what it cost me and exceeds $30,000. Asking 21k or thereabouts. I love this plane and really don’t want to sell it but my finances force me to do this
Not quite complete but working on lighting, last of wiring and scale cockpit.
Instrument panels have active LED displays powered by 7.4 to 12 volts.
Wing span 3.5 metres
Length about 2.9 metres with fin and tailplane removed and pitot tube out of the way.
Tailplane span 1.5 metres. Bigger than wings on some of my models
Speed brakes under fuse near rear of wing
Working scale pitot tube built by me and connected to telemetry
Jetcat 220RXi turbine with starter that becomes a generator after startup complete. Zero run-time
Jetcat Battery Management System that charges turbine battery and two flight packs.
5.2l fuel tank.
Intairco Airtrap with telemetry
Setup for Futaba S-Bus system
Robbe/Emcotec S-Bus PSS-2018 Battery Backer and screen. All 18 channels in use
2 x Futaba 7008SB Receivers
Futaba BLS177 37Kg/cm servos on all control surfaces. 21Kg on speed brakes and nosewheel steering (fixed to leg, no cables)
ASSI Telemetry Module connected to turbine and pitot
Powerbox Smoke Pump Pro
2 x 1 litre Kevlar smoke tanks below turbine
Powerbox iGyro SRS gyro with GPS module and smart switch.
Air operated retracts with Xicoy valves and sequencer. 4 large Robart tanks behind and below turbine. 3 for gear, 1 for brakes.
I looked at changing these to electric but the gear is very large and long and whilst it is now an option and they say it is “Scale” they have made narrower wheels, smaller dia struts etc to keep the weight down for the electrics but I feel it looks much more scale with these air ones so I chose to stick with them.
I have three sets of tips for this. Winglets that everyone seems to have with seperate nav lights and strobe, tip tanks with combo nav.strobe lights which were made as an option after the full sized Viper produced these to increase it’s range, and straight ones.
Personally I like the straight ones with three landing lights in each one and and seperate nav and strobe lights. I like the idea of these six lights boring through the sky on final.
There is also white tail light on top rear of rudder and a rotating beacon bottom of the fuse
Lights attached to an Optotronix 9ch + 2 aux lighting controller