F9FFlyer

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After many years my Dan Gile F9F is being built and is almost finished .Here are a few photos . hope this works ,my first time trying to
put photo`s in a posting . Ken

WhoDaMan

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Very nice Ken,,, I hope you have many excellent hours of fun

uncljoe

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That's one good looking scheme. I had a Dan Gill Panther ,needed 3.5 pounds of nose weight on my web http://web.me.com/uncljoe/Uncljoe_Av...an_F9F-5P.html
Semper Fi

u2fast

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ken, i love the scheme. when is the maiden? barry

kevinthoele

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Ken,

The panther looks great.

My panther only needed batts in the nose and 4 ounces of lead in the nose.

TSHARK203

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I wonder how many of them are left out there. I have had 3. The prototype, and two production birds. Still need to get this one here done. I think Dan told me he only sold 8.
George

F9FFlyer

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Thanks everyone ,hoping to get the maiden sometime in mid june if everything go`s well ,Gery Dye is shooting the clear
coat next week when he returns from our jet rally here this week in Austin . I was lucky on the colars buy finding a web
site that has just about every sq that flew the panther and cougars both Navy and Marine ,and being a Marine I had to have
a Marine sq on it .Won`t know on the CG untill everything is back in . I`ll let everyone know when she gets maiden ,might be
asking a couple of you to do the maiden for me plus help with all the control set-ups .Thanks for the the kind words. Ken
I think if I remember right mine was either number 3 or 4 that Dan had laided up .

Doug Cronkhite

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Didn't BVM buy the molds for this airplane?

BOB MOORE

I have two years as an Airframe Mechanic on Panthers. , also worked on Cougars,Cutlass, and Bearcat.I was Petty Officer in charge on Paint shop at NAS Mimamar.In those years I was able to paint several Panthers.Could you put the web site you used paint your model. I was assigned to the Blue Angels1952-1954 .Part of 1954 I was with VF111 Sundowners. You model looks great. Picture of Blues 1953

BOB MOORE

Planes I worked on.

BOB MOORE

Planes I WORKED ON,

kevinthoele

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Mine is still flying and doing well.

kevinthoele

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BVM did buy the molds. Probably an electric conversion in the works. He seems to be heading that direction.

F9FFlyer

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Hi Bob ,the web site I found is Wing Palette http://wp.scn.ru/en ,click on cold war fighters and a hole list of fighters
comes up ,just scroll down until you fine Gruman Panthers ,it list from F9F-2 to the end and then Cougars . Only draw back
is they are all profile few.the unit I picked was at MCAS Miami,Fl in 1954 VMA-334 Marines

BOB MOORE

Thanks F9F for the info, I will look at the site. While I was Petty Officer over the Paint shop, at Miramar a Squardreon just came back from Sea duty, they had a Panther with no paint on it except Squadreon mumbers and colors. It had all magnesium outer skin,I donot remember if it was a 2 o 5 model
The unpainted skin was not working out.As we only used Zinc Chromate for primmer and were having trouble making paint stick. Grumman finnaly came up with a primmer that I don" remember what is was. Anyway the paint stuck and the plane flew away to it"s next duty place. At this time we used Nitrate Lacquer for the paint on navy and Marines aircraft.. My brother was powerplant mech. in a Marine Squaderon Corsair in Korea

Doug Cronkhite

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I still want to build a Cutlass one of these days. Wish someone made one that would work well on EDF power that was a good scale outline and such.

BOB MOORE

There is a guy on another site that has plans for a .90 duct fan Name Steve Martin I thinkR RC GROUPS

Harley Condra

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BVM did purchase all of the tooling and rights to the Dan Gill Panther.

I bought one of the kits, (but not from Dan) and have been working on it as time allows.
I have the project on hold right now, as I am trying to finish my BVM T-33. When it is completed the Panther will go back on the bench.

TSHARK203

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I knew that Dan sold the rights to BVM a while back. Dan's panther was, is a good size for the plane. Just in between the Airworld and Fei Bao birds. I had the first bird that was laid up for sale and the other one I have I got from Dan Avilla a while back. It is mostly built but needs to be finished. I have counted 4 out there so far anyone else chime in if you have one.

Ken have you gotten your cockpit finished yet, and did you do the dive brakes as well on the body.

u2fast

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fred985

anyone in the north east can see a real panther at the sydney n.y. airport. i have no info about it,,,it isd very sad seeing it sit outside in the weather with jusd a tarp over the canopy.

F9FFlyer

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Yes the cockpit is finished and being painted ,have everything but the dive brake if thats the one on the belly . Both blow-in doors ,and
funkcenal tail hook , also lights

F9FFlyer

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Here`s an up date on my Panther ,did taxi test yesterday and had a turbin shutdown ,checking the
problem but hope to do the maiden flight in the next few weeks .Here are some new photos .Ken

grbaker

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Very Nice, Ken!!!

kevinthoele

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Ken,

Looks great. What engine in her?