Jim Baxter`s converted Kombat Kopter,  using Emery Wayman`s suggestions and ideas...

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Soooo, did all this effort pay-off?    Does it fly like Emery`s KK??

Well... "kinda"   It flew and and seemed  OK...  However I could never quite feel comfortable with this model .. it`s weird.    I appaud Emery for his expertise to get it to fly this well..... without his help with all the modifications I would have junked this thing early on.    Something else that one can do to improve another ugly item on the KK ... If you have a KK you know what I mean when I say the leading edge of the tail surfaces, and the pylon panels, are rough, ugly, and certainly not very smooth, aerodynamically.    I used clear silicone to secure a piece of the outter shell of sullivan golden rod into the pocket in the tail leading edges, and rounded off a piece of 1/4" balsa triangular stock and siliconed it to the leading edge of the pylon... .

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