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Posted: April/09/2026 at 8:08am  Quote
 
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Thanks for sharing the photos, always like to see what magic the real masters are cooking up.  I also like that you separate prop and jet so the poor fellow who poured his heart and soul into a museum caliber J-3 doesn't have to compete against an F-16.

This is more or less the same as Frankie's Top Gun format. The principal difference being "K" factoring (weighted scoring). This tends to act as a filtering to mean out a judge's emotional response to "halo" effects of name recognition and notoriety. FAI F4 utilizes the "K" factor scoring protocol internationally.

*I welcome additional pics from spectators attending AoA. If you're interested in contributing to the RCSB coverage of AoA send me a PM and I'll provide an address to send pics to.


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In one of the pictures above, there is a Red & White T-28.  Can anyone tell me the details on that model?  Kit? Short kit? ARF? Wingspan? Motor? Etc?  Much appreciated!


 
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Thanks for sharing the photos, always like to see what magic the real masters are cooking up.  

I also like that you separate prop and jet so the poor fellow who poured his heart and soul into a museum caliber J-3 doesn't have to compete against an F-16.



Great and very wise move, it was desperately needed!


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In one of the pictures above, there is a Red & White T-28.  Can anyone tell me the details on that model?  Kit? Short kit? ARF? Wingspan? Motor? Etc?  Much appreciated! 

Sorry to say there is no available pilot/plane/static, or flight score data available unless individually requested by a pilot as of 5 pm Thursday.

Just guessing...there's a good chance the pilot who owns the F9F Grumman Cougar probably owns the NAA T-28. You're better off doing a Goggle search for a radio control international orange North American Aviation T-28 Trojan. Though I found the "registered" pilot index, the plane/pilot index has never been found.





TopRC manufactures a SNARF (scale nearly almost ready-to-fly) 111" wingspan T-28 Trojan for $2,431.59. 125cc 2 stroke, radial engine UMS 150 to 180


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In one of the pictures above, there is a Red & White T-28.  Can anyone tell me the details on that model?  Kit? Short kit? ARF? Wingspan? Motor? Etc?  Much appreciated! 

Sorry to say there is no available pilot/plane/static, or flight score data available unless individually requested by a pilot as of 5 pm Thursday.

Just guessing...there's a good chance the pilot who owns the F9F Grumman Cougar probably owns the NAA T-28. You're better off doing a Goggle search for a radio control international orange North American Aviation T-28 Trojan. Though I found the "registered" pilot index, the plane/pilot index has never been found.





TopRC manufactures a SNARF (scale nearly almost ready-to-fly) 111" wingspan T-28 Trojan for $2,431.59. 125cc 2 stroke, radial engine UMS 150 to 180

Thanks for the reply.  I was just curious, as the one you took a pic of just looks a bit bigger.  I suppose it could be the TopRC one, that’s been given some love for scale competition.  If any details pop up, I’d love to know more!  Thanks and enjoy.

 
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James,

I asked Jeff to confirm whether or not it is the 111" w/s TopRC NAA T-28 SNARF. Should know shortly. At 111" w/s how much larger did you think it looked? To my knowledge that's the largest commercially available T-28 out there. Its like 90% built... CA, epoxy, a screw driver and its a virtual instant SNARF. Don't forget the rattle can...

I find it interesting the Star and Bar appear on the "right wing" of this model. Apparently its an odd duckling 1:1 or its not competing in a static judged class. T-28's are '50~'58 USAF aircraft and into the '80's with USN. During WWII there were aircraft with the Star and Bar on the top of both left and right wing.

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