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  • ken wood August 16, 2010 at 10:11am
    I just received notice from Nitro that my MQ-9 is being labled for 8/18 ship.
    And, that is good news!
  • Keith Sandell August 15, 2010 at 5:52pm
    Hey everybody. Good news...for me. But bad for you. Shortly an hour after putting my MQ-9 up for sale it was bought. Good luck to all.
  • Keith Sandell August 14, 2010 at 8:25pm
    Hey everybody. Bad news...for me. But good news for perhaps one of you. I am selling my MQ-9 that is almost completed. You can find the ad on RCUniverse: http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=664529 . NitroPlanes does have more of these in stock, but I'm willing to ship worldwide.
  • ken wood July 29, 2010 at 10:42am
    I have had this kit on order for several weeks now. The backorder date has moved out to August 30, 2010.
    Does anyone here think that MQ9 is on perpetual backorder?
    And I don't care if I ever fly it I just ant it!
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    Sgt Ric June 1, 2010 at 8:54am
    Ya, why do people keep asking for shopping info here?
  • Ankit Gupta May 27, 2010 at 1:51am
    can we get this plane shipped in india?
  • Bob Manzuk May 25, 2010 at 3:29pm
    Hi, guys. You'll find me at both the RCG and RCU forums on this bird. My build is underway, and a few of us are progressing with but a very few hiccups. FYI, my MotoCalc tells me that with my particular selection of motor, ESC, battery and prop, I should expect well in excess of 34 minutes flight duration under 65% throttle, cruising at 32 mph. Of course, all bets are off once I catch a thermal ... ;o)
  • Keith Sandell May 25, 2010 at 12:07pm
    Bill,

    I too do like this kit very much and I have been pleasantly surprise with the quality/completeness given the low price. Do you have one yet? Sounds as though you are contemplating. If you don't have one yet I would suggest you get in line quickly. The first 100 went the day they came in stock and others are waiting until a July shipping date for the next round. No telling how long after it will be for the 3rd shippment.

    On the question of enduance. It is much easier asked than answered. There are so many variables to affect this, i.e. choice of prop, motor, battery, weight of the aircraft, flight conditions, flight manuvers, etc. Some people are using smaller batteries in series, I modified the inside of the fuse to accept one large battery. A lot of us are considering inflight cameras, autopilots, etc.

    Unfortunately, there is no easy answer unless you can remove some of the variables or set some constants. You may want to visit the discussion forums ar RCGroups.com or RCUniverse.com and ask around there.
  • Bill McClamma May 25, 2010 at 7:40am
    I'm very interested in this kit for a project that I've been planning for years. It seems to fit perfectly with almost all of my design goals. My one concern is flight time. Can anyone who has flown this kit (or anyone who is good at maths) provide an estimated maximum flight time for this bird?
  • Keith Sandell May 1, 2010 at 8:29am
    Sorry, here is the url for the rcgroups build thread: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1237390
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